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    Iran gets tough, and Trump seeks a deal

    Sep 20, 2019 3 minutes
    By Brian Bennett and John Walcott
    —
    With reporting by
    KIM DOZIER
    and
    W.J. HENNIGAN/WASHINGTON

    S PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WEIGHED how to respond to a Sept. 14 drone and missile attack on Saudi oil facilities, which temporarily cut the kingdom’s output in half and roiled markets, he had several options. One, U.S. officials briefed on the White House deliberations tell TIME, was familiar: a Pentagon plan to bomb Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps targets on Persian Gulf islands. Trump was offered that plan after the Iranians shot down a U.S. Navy drone on June 20,

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