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thanks, greg. greg: you got it. bret: good evening. i m bret baier. breaking tonight, the u.s. strikes back hitting iran-backed proxies carrying out a series of airstrikes today in eastern syria. this, as houthi militants have shot down an american reaper drone off the coast of yemen. that follows dozens of recent attacks we have been telling you about against facilities housing u.s. troops. this is increasing. another pushback by the u.s. chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin is at the pentagon tonight with the latest. good evening, jennifer. jenngood evening bret. new airstrikes against iranian targets in northeastern syria. we now have a statement from defense secretary lloyd austin, quote: today at president biden s direction, u.s. military forces conducted a self-defense strike on a facility in eastern syria used by iran s islamic revolutionary guard corps. the irgc, and affiliated groups. this strike was conducted by two u.s. f-15s against a w ....
cheering this decision as a bold move by romney that will help energize the base and show voters that romney is really serious about economic change. the two men will appear together for the first time as running mates in norfolk, virginia with the uss wisconsin. the old battleship as a backdrop. then they will begin a bus tour that will take them toward the republican national convention in tampa. that begins in about three weeks. we ll bring you mitt romney s announcement live. we re standing by for that from norfolk, virginia. let s bring in our own jim acosta on the scene in norfolk for us now. you re there. that crowd is getting a bigger and bigger. folks are showing up to hear history unfold. that s right, wolf. i just got confirmation from a senior romney adviser this is not earth shattering. it s obviously a given. paul ryan will be here for the announcement later on this morning. we can also report a new twitter handle has been set up for the wisconsin cong ....