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A war event and it could have been a proportional response but a response to notify several people within the administration that is going to take place. >> we will hear from secretary of state mike pompeo in a moment. let me read you from a couple of sentences right from the "the wall street journal." it's unclear with the proposals were provided to the white house or whether president trump knew of the request. or whether they took shape at that point in time. important to note here. let's listen to the secretary of state. >> we will not let iran get away with using a proxy force to attack a...

These kinds of things. i was on a staff that was doing these kind of plans. this was not done freequently bt it's one to ask for plans and another one to act on them without the consent of congress, because it is the declaration of a war event and it would have been a proportional response but a response to notify several people within the administration that is going to take place. >> we will hear from mike pompeo in a moment. let me read you from a couple of sentences right from the "the wall street journal." it's unclear with the proposals were provided to the white house or whether preside...

Say. >> we will not let iran get away with using a proxy force to attack an american interest. iran will be head accountable for those instances. if they are responsible for the arming and training of these militia we will go to the source. >> interview with cnn there. that language draws an image, think, of the u.s. and iran standing at a line, phil, and kind of this staredown. with that said, how close is the u.s. to some sort of real altercation with iran, do you think? >> i don't think very close but let'snd. we have opportunities in the united states short of some direct confrontation wit...

They're arming the huthys in yemen. launching missiles into the gulf states. applying diplomatic pressure to prevent them from doing this. that's our mission. it is true, elise, we have told the islamic republic of iran that using a proxy force to attack an american interest will not prevent us from responding against the prime actor. that is, we will not let iran get away with using a proxy force to attack an american interest. iran will be held accountable for those incidents. >> even militarily? >> they're going to be held accountable. if they're responsible for the arming and training of t...

Iran will respond swiftly and desid decisi decisively. historically tense would be an understatement but certainly the trump administration is taking a after the white house withdrew from the nuclear deal his predecessor negotiated. yesterday, secretary of state pompeo issued a warning to the islamic republic for missile attacks earlier this month on u.s. missions in iraq. >> we will not let iran get away with using proxy force to attack an american interest. iran will be held accountable. >> joining me to discuss how all of this will play out, our cnn military and diplomatic analyst, retired ...