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Live Updates: Trump Set to Address the Nation After Iran Missile Strikes

A protest in Baghdad on Wednesday against the Iranian missile strikes.Credit...Khalid Mohammed/Associated Press #USA #Iran #Trump #Tehran #AmericanTroops U.S. and Iraqi officials said there were no deaths from the attacks on bases housing American troops. But Iranian news outlets claimed differently, with some reporting dozens killed. Right Now President Trump is set to deliver a speech from the White House. President Trump prepares to address the nation. President Trump  plans to speak at 11 a.m.  from the White House, where he is expected to discuss the confrontation with Iran, after Tehran launched airstrikes on two bases housing American troops in Iraq. Those attacks were a response to  an American drone strike on Friday in Baghdad that killed Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani , commander of Iran’s elite security and intelligence forces. No American troops were reported killed in the attacks on Wednesday. Mr. Trump’s televised statement on We...