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White House Receives CIA Assessment on Iran's Military and Economic Durability
The White House expects to receive Iran's response to the latest U.S. proposal on Friday, even as Iran's Foreign Ministry says no conclusion has been reached. A CIA assessment delivered this week concludes Iran could survive a U.S. naval blockade for three to four months and retains most of its ballistic missile capabilities despite prior strikes.
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U.S. proposal on Friday.
U.S. The CIA delivered an analysis to the White House this week. U.S. naval blockade for at least three to four months before facing severe economic hardship.
-Israeli strikes on underground facilities. Iran retains 75 percent of its prewar inventories of mobile launchers and about 70 percent of its prewar stockpiles of missiles. In Washington, President Donald Trump proposed painting the exterior of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building white.
The National Capital Planning Commission is scheduled to hold a hearing on the proposal on Thursday. The Eisenhower Executive Office Building is a 19th-century historic landmark next to the White House. The building is a National Historic Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
It was the original home for the State, War and Navy departments and currently houses ceremonial offices for the vice president, offices for the second lady, the National Security Council and other White House components. U.S. Commission of Fine Arts in April that the Trump administration prefers painting the entire building because the exterior is stained and in great disrepair.
The White House presented an alternative proposal to paint most of the building white while leaving the granite as is on the base. Hundreds of pages of public comments submitted to the National Capital Planning Commission were overwhelmingly against painting the building.
The Society of Architectural Historians sent a letter this week to Will Scharf outlining why the project will adversely and permanently alter this important part of American heritage and should be rejected.
A report by the National Capital Planning Commission staff recommends that commissioners support cleaning the building. The planning commission staff report states that more information is needed to evaluate the proposals to paint the exterior. The planning commission staff recommends asking the White House to provide information about the type of paint to be used, including where it has been successfully used on exterior granite facades.
