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U.S. President Donald J. Trump has been silent on whether or not a response was received last night from Iran, choosing not to speak to reporters on the matter last night when he arrived back at the White House.
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According to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), during the U.S. blockade of vessels traveling to and from Iranian ports, 58 vessels have been redirected and 4 have been disabled, with the most recent disabling action taking place yesterday.
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Russiaโ€™s Victory Day parade took place earlier today without a hitch but absent of armored vehicles and other mobile platforms.
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Overnight, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center received a report of an attack on a bulk carrier in the Persian Gulf, 23nm from Doha, Qatar by an unknown projectile. There are no injuries but there was a small fire.
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Kuwait's Ministry of Defense announced earlier today that it was responding to "a number of hostile drones in Kuwaiti airspace."
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U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command (AMC) is hard at work this morning with 13 U.S. Air Force C-17A "Globemaster IIIs" and 2 U.S. Air Force C-5M "Super Galaxy" aircraft active over Europe and the Middle East.
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In the last few hours, the Ministry of Defense of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) air defenses have engaged 2 drones.
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According to a release from U.S. Central Command, since the beginning of the U.S. blockade of vessels traveling to and from Iranian ports, 61 vessels have been redirected back to Iranian ports or turned away from transiting the Strait of Hormuz, and 4 vessels have โ€œbeen disabled to ensure compliance.โ€
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According to Reuters, citing a Pakistani official, Pakistani mediators have now received Iransโ€™s response to the U.S. proposal, centered on a potential memorandum of understanding between the two countries.
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In an interview with 60 Minutes, when asked if the war with Iran is over, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said โ€œI think it accomplished a great deal, but itโ€™s not over,โ€ saying that enriched material still remains there, enrichment sites must be degraded more, and Iranian proxies still remain intact. When asked how he โ€œenvisionsโ€ resolving the problem of enriched material, Prime Minister Netanyahu said โ€œYou go there and you take it out.โ€
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U.S. President Donald J. Trump has made his first comments since the news broke that Iran sent their response to the U.S. proposal through Pakistani mediators. While nothing was said about the proposal by President Trump, we can garner that the proposal sent by Iran was likely unacceptable to the administration, as the president was highly critical of the โ€œgamesโ€ that Iran has played with past administrations to gain concessions.
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According to a release from U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), the remains of one of the U.S. soldiers who went missing off the coast of Morocco during training exercise African Lion 26 have been recovered. First Lieutenant Lamont Key Jr. has been identified as one of the two missing soldiers, now that his remains have been recovered and identified. He was assigned to Charlie Battery, 5th Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command. The other, yet unnamed soldier remains missing, following the accident where both went missing following unsuccessful rescue attempts when one soldier fell into the water and others jumped in to rescue them.

Per the release, โ€œMore than 1,000 U.S. and Moroccan military and civil personnel have been involved in the search operations.โ€
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U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has published photos of U.S. Marines from the embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conducting helicopter insertion training from a U.S. Navy MH-60S "Seahawk" onto the USS Tripoli (LHA-7) on May 8th.
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