The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

Promising "the war is not a forever war," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says President Trump has "a clear set of objectives" and that the US military efforts are "on plan" ... Gas prices continue to soar, but Vice President Vance calls that a "temporary blip" ... Staggering delays at TSA lines continue as the agency warns airports could be shut down if the stalemate over homeland security funding doesn't end soon ... Senator Markwayne Mullin passes his first hurdle to become the next leader of the DHS. 

 
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Air defense systems engaged this morning following yet another air attack on the US embassy in Baghdad ... Chaotic scenes continue to play out due to a shortage of TSA agents at US airports ... A judge halts RFK Jr.’s sweeping changes to US vaccine policy. 

 
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US gas prices are now the highest they've been in three years. How the price at the pump could affect your grocery bill ... More than 250 million Americans are expected to see some type of severe weather, as a massive system is bringing snow and the possibility of tornadoes from the Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic ... New reporting about the Michigan synagogue attack suspect as the tight knit Jewish community outside Detroit is coming together to support one another. 

 
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The US military confirms four service members died after an Air Force refueling plane crashed in Iraq, bringing the death toll of Americans in this war to 11 ... Authorities looking for a motive into yesterday's attack against a Michigan synagogue are investigating reports that the suspect told people he had multiple family members who were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon in recent days ... In Virginia, the suspect in the deadly shooting at Old Dominion University was a  convicted ISIS supporter. 
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Iranian state media broadcasts what it claims to be a message from the country's new supreme leader -- his first since US-Israeli airstrikes killed his father ... Iran hits at least six ships as it ramps up its attacks in the Strait of Hormuz ... Israel's defense minister is now telling his military to prepare for expanding operations in Lebanon after Hezbollah launched strikes into northern Israel. 

 
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