CNN: ":"\u003cstrong>Officials say the killing of Qasem Soleimani was part of a larger deterrence stategy, changing their previous rationale that the US prevented an 'imminent' attack\u003c/strong>", "BANNER=|pagerendered| ((lubuntu at wor2))

" , title: "CNN - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos" , siblings: {"articleList":[{"uri":"/2020/01/13/politics/pompeo-barr-soleimani-strike-iran-rationale/index.html","headline":"\u003cstrong>Officials say the killing of Qasem Soleimani was part of a larger deterrence stategy, changing their previous rationale that the US prevented an 'imminent' attack\u003c/strong>","thumbnail":"//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/200113190530-barr-pompeo-split-small-11.jpg","duration":"","description":"Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Attorney General William Barr said Monday that killing Iranian commander \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/03/politics/donald-trump-qasem-soleimani-tick-tock-timeline/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Qasem Soleimani\u003c/a> was part of a larger strategy of deterrence, a shift from the Trump administration's \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/10/politics/trump-iran-mixed-messaging/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">previous rationale\u003c/a> that the strike was carried out to prevent an \"imminent\" attack.","layout":""