Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that 9,000 Americans have evacuated the Middle East since the beginning of the US-Iran war.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U. S. war on Iran began Saturday, Feb. 28, with a "massive, overwhelming attack" that involved thousands of American servicemembers, hundreds of planes, two aircraft carriers, and hit more than a thousand targets across the country, the Pentagon's top general told reporters.

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