LIZ SHELD’S MORNING BRIEF: U.S. Sends Muscle to Middle East After Word Spreads of Possible Iran Attack. “It’s something we’ve been working on for a little while,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told reporters traveling with him to Europe. “It is absolutely the case that we have seen escalatory actions from the Iranians, and it is equally the case that we will hold the Iranians accountable for attacks on American interests.”