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Insight. the news of shanahans depart sure coming as mike pompeo is in central command. saying the president does not want war with iran. outgoing defense secretary patrick shanahan saying the troops will be in the region for defensive purposes to address air, naval and ground based threats. this is coming after that attack on two containers. hillary manlevert is an expert. why america must accept the islamic republic of iran. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> can we read anything more i...

Lets break it down with senior strategic analyst general jack keane. always good to have you. we are told central command, the answer to that request of the additional thousand troops to head to the middle east. a lot of folks asking questions how this squares with the presidents america first strategy and getting us out of these incursions. >> it squares with iranians aggressive alignment for 39 years, the president pulled out of the nuclear deal that was formed in 2015 because iran was going t...

Images, and this image in particular very important because it shows the exact kind of boat that iranian forces used in those waters. the pentagon saying this underscores their case that the iranians were behind the attacks. why might someone say the attacks are minor, although they could have been extremely serious, because the mines that were placed, the ordinance that was placed hit these tankers above the waterline. so apparently it wasnt designed to sink them but to cause damage, unsettle t...

East as brand-new images show the aftermath of tanker attacks linked to iran. griff jenkins joins us live from washington as mike pompeo prepares for a high-stakes meeting. >> that is right. the secretary is on his way for meetings with the azeri leaders at us central command after spending the last few days speaking with top official in asia, europe and the gulf. the city with urging international response to iran that they will exceed the stockpile limit set by the nuclear deal prompting the p...

We talked about the centcom decision to move a thousand more americans into theater to make sure that were in a position to do the right thing, which is to continue to work to convince the islamic government of iran that we are serious and to deter them from further aggression in the region. its been our mission since the beginning of this administration to convince the iranian regime not to move forward with their nuclear program and not to continue to engage in development of missiles and all ...

Underestimate the iranian determination. >> reporter: really quick, another thing they said is they are preparing in case a confrontation does take place. one thing that one top level commander said, he said lit be in a broad area that seems to indicate the ie yan rranians sa will voinvolve their militias. >> its so great youre on the ground. barbara, to you at the pentagon. talk about the trip that mike pompeo is going to talk. the secretary of defense is not going but the goal that pompeo has ...

>> kennedy: thanks so much to charlie hurt for being the man in the middle. >> charlie: i will have to go shoe shopping. >> julie: i would hope so. >> kennedy: its mid-to-late june after all. we are back noon eastern tomorrow. heres melissa in for harris. >> melissa: fox news alert, secretary of state mike pompeo with a warning for iran after meeting with u.s. military commanders at central command. lets go "outnumbered overtime." im melissa francis in today for harris faulkner. secretary pompeo...

Accidental confrontation could spiral out of control. that is my basic concern. >> melissa: mike pompeo a short time ago, after he talked to other military leaders at centcom, said that the goal was to "reestablish deterrence." that had apparently been taken out of the way, that weve seen an escalation in the absence of those deterrents in the region. of the remaining aggression. folks .2 terrorist attacks, all sorts of different things including these mine pearl s found on the side of vessels t...

And reduce your has four levels of defenseremium gasoagainst gunk, wear, corrosion and friction. that helps keep your engine running like new. its fuel for thought. in just a couple of hours from now, secretary of state mike pompeo plans to meet in tampa with military leaders at central command, headquarters overseeing moves in the middle east. they are sending 1,000 additional troops to the region, on top of the 1500 deployed there last month. white correspondent for "time" magazine interview...

Message to iran. central command is responsible for u.s. deployments in the middle east. the pentagon now adding a thousand american troops as tensions with iran fray. with the troop deployment also comes some mixed messaging. in an interview president trump called the attacks on oil tankers in the gulf of oman, quote, very minor. now, the pentagon does not consider the attacks minor. it says these images show iranians removing it from the tanker. president rouhani telling iran state-run media t...