US Senator Cassidy says VP and Envoy Witkoff believe the Iran diplomacy is so delicate and needs to be nursed along in such a way that public hearings/briefings on the Iran war would be potentially disruptive, CBS' Brennan reports

Expectations of signing an agreement at the US State Department at the conclusion of the talks between Lebanon and Israel today, with the agreement to include a clause related to the pilot zones, Al Jadeed reports citing sources

Canadian PM Carney says US President Trump called him on Wednesday; had a long discussion on a range of issues including NATO and Iran

US Senator Cassidy says VP and Envoy Witkoff believe the Iran diplomacy is so delicate and needs to be nursed along in such a way that public hearings/briefings on the Iran war would be potentially disruptive, CBS' Brennan reports

US sells 4-wk bills at high-rate 3.610%, B/C 2.74x; sells 8-wk bills at high-rate 3.660%, B/C 2.79x

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