Mission in Iran war has pivoted toward ensuring oil flow, Trump official says

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A Trump administration official on Sunday grappled with mounting criticism over the length of the US war with Iran after months of promised diplomatic breakthroughs, short-lived ceasefires, and the deaths of three more American troops bringing the total number of American military members killed in the conflict to 17. Appearing on ABC’s This Week, the US energy secretary, Chris Wright, defended the Trump administration’s strategy after being confronted with his earlier claims that the war which began in February would have ended by now. Wright argued that the mission has since shifted toward ensuring oil shipments can move through the strait of Hormuz. “We did a pause to try to…

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