BREAKING: The Trump administration is now weighing a reduction of US military presence in the Persian Gulf, evaluating a pullback of troops from the region where US bases have been "battered by months of Iranian strikes," per WaPo citing 8 US officials. This would be a major direct concession to Iran's long-standing demand for the removal and significant drawdown of US forces from the vicinity of Iran and the Persian Gulf region, which is included in Iran's new demand list for the Hormuz reopening. The Pentagon has already signaled that it might not rebuild its US bases damaged by Iran as they were before the Iran war, calling it a "once-in-a-generation chance to reconsider its presence in the region." CENTCOM Commander Admiral Bradley Cooper directly supports the idea of potentially moving US troops west from the Persian Gulf.
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