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Thank you. Welcome to the PDB Situation Report.

I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage.

All right, let's get briefed.

Well, start things off today in the Middle East, where Iranian leaders are reportedly telling their proxies to lay low out of fear of antagonizing President Trump.

Bennett-Benthaliblu, of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, will give us his insights

into Tehran's strategy.

Later in the show, President Trump's latest executive orders include a push for a multi-layered

homeland air defense system requiring the development of space-based interceptors.

Now, Brandon Weicker, author of Winning Space, How America Remains a Superpower, that's a great book,

by the way, and you should pick it up, breaks down the technology behind what's being

called America's Iron Dome. But first, today's situation report spotlight. Iran is reportedly

urging its proxy forces, and there are a number of them, to stand down, fearing that provoking

Donald Trump could spark a crisis that threatens the regime's survival.

It's all about holding on the power for them.

According to an exclusive telegraph report, Tehran is quietly ordering militias in Iraq and Yemen

to halt attacks on U.S. assets, warning them not to use Iranian-made weapons if they do act.

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