Vance says this AM that the US removed its long-range bombers from a UK air base “out of an abundance of caution,” suggesting it was a response to a potential threat from Iran even as he declined to detail the specific concerns.

“I think that we’re going to be as careful as we possibly can be,” Vance told reporters. “We do feel with some confidence that the Iranians are, you know, they’re trying to do what the Iranian state has done for 49 years, which is engage in acts of terrorism against the United States and against a lot of other people as well.”
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