00:00Just within the past few hours, Iranian state TV has said that Iran has rejected the U.S.'s 15-point
00:07plan to end the war.
00:08What's the White House's response to that, and have these talks hit a dead end?
00:13They have not. Talks continue. They are productive, as the President said on Monday, and they continue to be.
00:19However, I saw a 15-point plan that was floated in the media.
00:23I would caution reporters in this room from reporting about speculative points or speculative plans from anonymous sources.
00:31The White House never confirmed that full plan.
00:34There are elements of truth to it, but some of the stories I read were not entirely factual.
00:38So I am not going to negotiate on behalf of the President here at the podium.
00:42What I will tell you is these talks are ongoing.
00:44We're not going to get into the nitty-gritty details that have been exchanged between the United States and Iran
00:50at this time.
00:51Well, yesterday the President mentioned a very big present that the Iranians had given the U.S.
00:56He wouldn't go into detail, but was it that ship that was carrying 2 million barrels of oil that made
01:01it through the state of Hormuz?
01:02I'll let the President speak on that at the appropriate time.
01:04Okay, and then finally, Caroline, today Iraq's government reportedly is planning to lodge a protest with the U.S., according
01:12to the Wall Street Journal.
01:13There was an attack in Iraq that hit a military clinic, killing seven soldiers reportedly.
01:19What's the U.S.'s response to that?
01:21Was the U.S. responsible for that attack?
01:23I'll have to check in with the Pentagon on that, and we'll get you an answer.
01:27Thank you, Caroline.
01:28Two, if I may.
01:29Speaker Johnson today described the conflict as wrapping up, but the 82nd Airborne Division, they're typically deployed at the beginning
01:36of conflicts.
01:37So does the White House consider this conflict as wrapping up, or is it changing shape?
01:41As I said at the beginning of my remarks, we are meeting our goals of Operation Epic Fury expeditiously.
01:49The President likes to maintain options at his disposal.
01:53It's the Pentagon's job to provide those options to the Commander-in-Chief.
01:57For any specifics on troop deployments, though, I would point you to the Pentagon.
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