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Hey, it's Michael.
Before we begin today's show, a quick update on the situation in the Middle East.
On Monday afternoon, Iran struck back against the U.S.
Iran's military launched an attack on the al-Odaid base in Qatar,
the largest U.S. military installation in the region.
It was retaliation for the American attack on three of Iran's critical nuclear sites over the weekend.
But according to The Times,
Iran had coordinated the attacks with Qatari officials beforehand in order to minimize casualties.
U.S. air defenses intercepted almost all the Iranian missiles,
and U.S. officials said that there were no reports of American casualties or meaningful damage at the base.
It appears that Iran carried out a largely symbolic act of revenge that would allow both sides to potentially de-escalate the conflict.
And within a few hours, President Trump seized on that possibility,
declaring that both Israel and Iran had agreed to a ceasefire after a deadly week of war.