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Latest taxpayer-funded ad promotes Trump war with Iran
The Trump administration is airing another taxpayer-funded ad, this time touting the seven-month-long Iran war. In the commercial, which ad-tracking firm Medium Buying shared Wednesday on social media, audio of President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth plays in the background, as U.S.
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Both Reuters and NPR frame the story around the U.S. exit from Iraq as a move that could benefit Iran and create space for ISIS, with Reuters also calling it a symbolic victory for Iran and warning of a possible Islamic State foothold. NPR’s first item foregrounds retired Gen. H.R. McMaster’s warning, while its later roundup-style headline mentions the withdrawal in passing among other stories and does not repeat the same emphasis.
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