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Here is your morning brief for Friday, March 6th. I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal.

Israel says that its military is moving to the next phase of its campaign against Iran,

shifting from surprise attacks to a dismantling of its regime and military capabilities.

Meanwhile, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hankseth also said that the amount of firepower over Iran, quote, is about to surge dramatically, a pledge that comes as top defense industry executives prepared to meet President Trump at the White House today.

We report that Pentagon officials are drawing up plans to replenish U.S. munitions after having pressured defense contractors

for months to up their missile production. The U.S. and Venezuela are restarting diplomatic relations,

with the State Department saying that doing so would promote the country's economic recovery

and encourage its peaceful transition to democracy without providing further

details. The move comes as Interior Secretary Doug Bergam visited Venezuela yesterday and called on

investors to tap the country's mining sector. Venezuela is home to vast deposits of gold,

diamonds, and coal tan used in phones and electronics.

And it's Jobs Friday with the latest monthly snapshot of U.S. hiring data due at 8.30 a.m. Eastern

and coming on the heels of stronger than expected January numbers.

Economists surveyed by the journal expect to see 50,000 jobs added in February,

a sharp drop compared to the $130,000 in the prior month. Stock futures are little changed ahead of the release. And we've got

a lot more coverage of the day's news on the WSJ's What's News podcast? You can add it to your

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