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We will do anything within our power to protect American citizens, to protect American lives and we consistently told the Iranian regime any attack that on Americans, any attack that will put Americans in harm's way, whether it's from the militias we saw in Iraq or whether it's regime itself would not go unaccounted for, so, we will defend ourselves, we will defend our allies, we will defend our people and do anything that's obviously legally possible for us to do so.