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June 11, 2026
Good morning! Today is Thursday, June 11th 2026, and this is The American Conservative's Morning Brief. A provision buried in the House defense authorization bill would deeply integrate American and Israeli weapons production, placing foreign-built parts inside U.S. systems while exempting Israel from the supply-chain safeguards applied to other foreign sources, Harrison Berger reports. The Iran War entered its 103rd day with a second night of U.S. strikes on Iranian territory, Iranian retaliation against the Fifth Fleet in Bahrain and American airbases in Jordan, and President Trump weighing…
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