World is safer because of Iranian commander's death: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

NEW: Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to GStephanopoulos: 'I really worry that the actions the president took will get us into what he calls another endless war in the Middle East. He promised we wouldn't have that, and I think we're closer to that now.'

-- warning the U.S. had 52 Iranian sites,"some at a very high level & important to Iran & the Iranian culture" that it would"HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD" if Iran retaliated.includes cultural sites. Attacks on cultural targets could constitute a war crime, according to international law.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo holds a press conference at the State Department in Washington, December 11, 2019.

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