Talk of what comes next for the Iranian people was conspicuous in its absence from White House briefing

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Regime change isn't what it used to be. Donald Trump himself had talked it up as a reason for attacking Iran. In a White House briefing, press secretary Karoline Leavitt talked it all the way back down. It took until day five of the military action for the White House to lay out its objectives: destroy Iran's navy; destroy its ballistic missile capacity; ensure its proxies in the region can no longer harm Americans; and ensure it can never obtain a nuclear weapon. Follow the latest updates on

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