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U.s. quote does not seek conflict with iran but with these additional troops being deployed, are you concerned? this is one of the things we hear from around the world, concerned about a possible m miscalculations by either side? >> sure. you always run into proportional responses but the other side may not know what that is. this is always a dangerous situation but protecting allies and troops in the region, we have to put a size that's proper to defend that and be clear that we will not allow the straight of hormooze to shut down. >> the pentagon released these photos. i don't know if you ha...

Heard the attacks are ones they're concerned about, both air, land and sea. think about the threats we've seen. the tanker attacks at sea, in the air there are the drones and missiles that have been fired by the houthi rebels into saudi arabia and there have been missiles fired at u.s. drones. at land, one of the threats we haven't heard much about is from the shia militia groups in iraq. so these additional 1,000 troops -- keep in mind, this is a small percentage of the total force that's in sent com. these troops will be there for defensive and force protection, andrea. >> thanks so much. ja...

>> so malcolm, let's go to the justification for the new deployment. these tanker attacks. put on your cryptologic intel hat and give us a sense of why they are doing this and the fact that we have an acting defense secretary. if you're john bolton, maybe that's good news. maybe the path is clear for you to do whatever the heck you want. >> well, first, i'll give you my intelligence hat. none of you are cleared for my cryptologic hat, but the -- well, the level of intelligence that we're looking at, and that has been presented thus far by secretary of state pompeo is relatively generic. they a...

Tanker attacks. also expressing dissatisfaction once again u.s. left the nuclear deal and negotiated. as you're on the ground there in iran, are iranian leaders trying to take advantage of that difference? >> reporter: i think they certainly are. i think they certainly are trying to showcase it as well, jim. one of the things we've been hearing throughout this weekend and basically today as well is that the iranians believe the u.s. was behind those attacks in the gulf of oman. they haven't provided any evidence yet. one of the things they keep showcasing, the tanker company that runs the tank...

Break out of the nuclear deal by increasing its stockpile of nuclear fuel after abiding by the deal more than a year, despite president trump ditching it unilaterally. that's unfolding, secretary of state mike pompeo insisted sunday that iran is responsible for attacks on two oil tankers in the golf of oman. in addition to four previous tanker attacks in recent weeks. >> it's unmistakable what happened here. these were attacks by the islamic republic of iran with the clear intent to deny transit through the strait. there's no doubt. the intelligence community has lots of data, lots of evidence...