CNN: ":"\u003cstrong>After the President said the US could target Iranian cultural sites, Mark Esper said the US wouldn't. 'We will follow the laws of armed conflict.'\u003c/strong>", " [lubuntu compaq1]

" , title: "CNN - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos" , siblings: {"articleList":[{"uri":"/2020/01/06/politics/esper-iran-cultural-sites-trump/index.html","headline":"\u003cstrong>After the President said the US could target Iranian cultural sites, Mark Esper said the US wouldn't. 'We will follow the laws of armed conflict.'\u003c/strong>","thumbnail":"//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/200106181327-esper-trump-split-small-11.jpg","duration":"","description":"Secretary of Defense Mark Esper on Monday \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/05/politics/trump-plane-iran-comments/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">contradicted President Donald Trump\u003c/a> by asserting the US would not target Iranian cultural sites amid rising tensions after a US strike killed Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani.","layout":""