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"That $70 billion is all going into existing systems and technologies," said Hurst. "The industrial base support is entirely separate."

The United States is sending more than 10,000 additional troops to the Middle East before the end of April as Washington tries to increase pressure on Iran, US officials have told The Washington Post.

The Iranian choke hold on the Strait of Hormuz evidently had a lot to do with it. By cutting off roughly one-fifth of the world's oil supply over the past five weeks, Iran's blockade of that narrow waterway caused an energy crisis and fears of a global recession that the White House could not abide for long.

The successful rescue operation was described as 'one of the most daring Search and Rescue Operations in US history,' highlighting the complexities and risks involved in such missions.

Tapper included Kent's post from Saturday evening, which shared a post from Drop Site News that said Tasnim News, a media outlet tied to Iran's theocratic regime, was reporting the Trump administration had lost hope about bringing home the soldier and had pivoted to attempting to kill him.

"We got him," US President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social shortly after word of the rescue was made public.

It sounds to me like he's probably back in a panic mode. Wishing he could find a way to declare victory and get out of this war, regardless of whether or not he opens the Strait of Hormuz before he does it.