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Luis Schiavone (0:18)
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Luis Schiavone. As blasts in and around Iran continue into a third day, President Trump is saying combat operations targeting Iran could go on for four or five weeks. State Marco Rubio has told reporters on Capitol Hill that the military engagement initiated Saturday by the US And Israel over Iran is far from over.
President Trump (0:42)
I'm not going to give away the details of our tactical efforts, but the hardest hits are yet to come from the US Military. The next phase will be even more punishing on Iran than it is right now. Someone was screaming. How long will it take? I don't know how long it will take. We have objectives. We will do this as long as it takes to achieve those objectives, and we will achieve those objectives. The world will be a safer place when we're done with this operation.
Luis Schiavone (1:03)
Will the operation include ground forces? Rubio says President Trump has ruled nothing out in a military operation meant to obliterate Iran's complete ballistic missile capabilities, their Attrak drones and their navy. The US Embassy in Riyadh has been attacked by two Iranian drones, resulting in a fire and minor damage to the building. That's according to the Saudi Ministry of Defense. The U.S. embassy has issued a shelter in place alert for U.S. personnel in Saudi Arabia. U.S. central Command has confirmed there have been six U.S. casualties in combat with Iran. NPR's Quill Lawrence reports. Hundreds of Iranians are believed to have been killed.
Pete Hegseth (1:43)
CENTCOM posted on social Media that additional U.S. service members have been killed in action and that the remains of two previously unaccounted for American troops were recovered from a facility hit during the first hours of the war. Earlier, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth had confirmed that one of those wounded in an attack on a fortified operations center was on a US Base in Kuwait had later died from those injuries. The Pentagon does not release the names of troops killed in action until 24 hours after next of kin are notified. Both Hegseth and President Trump have said they expect more US Casualties before the operation stops. Trump has been speaking to several media outlets, but given various answers about how long combat might continue. Quill Lawrence, NPR News Law enforcement in
Luis Schiavone (2:27)