My 13-year-old son came into my office last night while I was editing these remarks. He asked about the war—and the families I met at Dover.

I looked at him and said: they died for you, son—so that your generation doesn’t have to deal with a nuclear Iran.

The last jobs anyone in the world wants right now: senior leader for the IRGC or Basij—temp jobs, all of them.

The media here—not all of it, but much of it—wants you to think that just 19 days into this conflict, we’re somehow heading toward an endless abyss, a forever war, or a quagmire.

Nothing could be further from the truth.

We’re now flying further east and penetrating deeper into Iranian airspace to hunt and destroy one-way attack systems.

The A-10 Warthog is now engaged across the southern flank, targeting fast attack watercraft in the Strait of Hormuz.

In addition, AH-64 Apaches have joined the fight on the southern flank, continuing operations alongside allies—including missions to counter one-way attack drones.

Name the Islamist enemy—whether Sunni or Shia—because this is a Shia regime, but Iran has been willing to harbor both.

As long as a group is willing to try to kill Americans, the enemy of their enemy has been their friend in the Islamist world.

So Iran—whether in Iraq, Afghanistan, or elsewhere around the world—has been targeting Americans.

And what President Trump will not tolerate is a regime of that nature—one moving closer and closer to nuclear capability.

The Israeli attack on Iran's Pars gas field was coordinated with the US and is unlikely to be repeated.

2 out of 14 LNG production trains were damaged in the Iranian attack.

One of our two Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) facilities was damaged in the attack.

We will lose the equivalent of 17% of Qatar's LNG exports for a period of 3 to 5 years.

Our response to the Israeli attack on our infrastructure utilized only a fraction of our capabilities. The sole reason for our restraint was out of respect for the request to de-escalate.

There will be no restraint if our infrastructure is targeted again.

Any end to this war must address the damage caused to our civilian sites.