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WATCH LIVE: Blinken and Austin hold news briefing as tensions rise in the Middle East

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will hold a joint news briefing.

The event is scheduled to begin at 4:50 p.m. ET . The White House said Monday that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were briefed by their national security team.

Biden and Harris also received details about the attack on Al Asad Air Base in Iraq .

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70

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68

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81

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formal

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English

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53

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short-lived

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