Will The U.S. Get Involved In Military Action With Iran?

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🗓️ 20 June 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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As Israel and Iran continue to launch aerial assaults against each other, there are growing questions as to whether the U.S. will get involved in the offensive, too. President Trump said he'd make a decision within the next two weeks.

Then, a look at the spending package currently working its way through Congress.

This episode: senior White House correspondent Tamara Keith, congressional correspondent Deirdre Walsh, and national security correspondent Greg Myre.

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1:01.5	the latest developments between the U.S., Israel, and Iran. Greg, this conflict between Israel and
1:08.3	Iran has been going hot for about a week. But remind us, why is this
1:13.4	happening? Yeah, I mean, it's sort of a decades-old rivalry that's burst into the open. Israel attacked
1:20.5	exactly a week ago Friday of last week, saying it could no longer wait. It felt Iran was making a push
1:27.3	for a nuclear weapon and it felt it needed to longer wait. It felt Iran was making a push for a nuclear weapon, and it felt
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