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We unpack a week of whiplash in the Iran war, with the President quickly calling off an effort to take control of the Strait of Hormuz, citing progress on talks. But a blockade remains. 

Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman and Moscow correspondent Charles Maynes discuss the shifting messages and what’s happening diplomatically behind the scenes. Plus — why ceasefires between Moscow and Kiev fell apart, and how modern warfare and prior assumptions have made it possible for countries like Iran and Ukraine to take on larger, more powerful adversaries in the U.S. and Russia. 

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