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The Trump administration is scrambling to evacuate thousands of U.S. citizens who are seeking to help leave the Middle East.

NPR's Franco Ordonez reports the White House is defending itself against allegations.

It's not doing enough.

Press Secretary Caroline Levitt was pressed about President Trump's varying statements as to the reason and timing of the war in the context of evacuations.

Trump has said the strikes happened too quickly for more efforts to evacuate Americans.

He's also said that it was his decision to strike.

Levitt was asked why more efforts were not made to evacuate Americans if they knew the strikes were coming.

I just laid out for you that there have been plans in place and that the State Department has been very clear to the American people traveling within this region not to travel to these regions.

Leavitt said the U.S. is working rapidly to charter flights and get Americans on commercial flights.

She said more measures will be announced soon.

Franco Ordonez. NPR News, the White House.

A war powers resolution to block further military action against Iran has failed in the Senate.

It says U.S. strikes continue for a six-day without approval from Congress.

NPR's Sam Greenglass reports. The War Powers Act of 1973 gives Congress a way to limit unilateral

military action by the president. All but one Senate Democrat voted to stop President Trump's

military campaign against Iran, and every Republican, except for one,

voted to let the strikes continue. But that's not the same as Congress officially authorizing

the use of force. And without that approval, the law requires the president to pull back within 60

days. Some Republicans say that if the operation stretches beyond that, or if the president deploys troops in Iran, that could change their calculus.

The House is set to vote on a similar resolution on Thursday.

It is not expected to pass there either.

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