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Special Report: Trump addresses U.S. strike that killed top Iran general

President Trump gave his first comments since the U.S. strike in Iraq that killed one of Iran’s top leaders, Qassem Soleimani. The president said the action was taken to stop a war, not to start one. Margaret Brennan anchors a CBS News Special Report from Washington with a report from Paula Reid, who is traveling with the president in Florida. Source

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Operation against Soleimani was set in motion before embassy attack

According to officials, the attack on the U.S. embassy in Baghdad this week, while highly visible, was not what instigated the plan to kill Qassem Soleimani, CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports. The operation against him was set in motion after an American defense contractor was killed last week in Kirkuk in a rocket attack on an Iraqi military base, Martin reported. Source

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