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Biden under pressure to respond to deadly attack on US troops

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Washington | President Joe Biden faces intensifying pressure to confront Iran directly after the country’s proxies killed three American soldiers in a drone strike in Jordan, risking precisely the wider regional conflict that he’s said he wants to avoid.

A person familiar with the US position, who asked not to be identified discussing private discussions, said it was clear that a strike killing Americans would force a stronger response than what the US has done so far in the weeks since Hamas militants attacked Israel on October 7 and touched off a new conflagration in the Middle East.

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