White House officials in the Situation Room on Tuesday night, including, from left, acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Vice President Mike Pence, President Trump, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley, Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin and national security adviser Robert O’Brien. shealah craighead/white house/epa/Shutterstock

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