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It's Thursday, the 4th of June.
Welcome to the President's Daily Brief.
I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage.
All right, let's get briefed.
First up, American and Israeli strikes may have damaged Iran's nuclear facilities.
But of course, one critical question remains unanswered.
Where is Tehran's stockpile of highly enriched uranium?
Now, where did we put that uranium?
Later in the show, Russia's billionaires are discovering that their fortunes may no longer be safe as Vladimir Putin moves to bring more of the country's economy under Kremlin control.
Well, once a communist, always a communist.
Plus, Ukraine launches a large-scale drone attack targeting St.
Petersburg, just as Russia's annual economic forum, often called Putin's Davos, gets underway.
And in today's Back of the Brief, federal prosecutors say a California businessman, a dual U.S.-Iranian tech bro, spent years helping Iran acquire sensitive American technology destined for the regime's nuclear program.
But first, today's PDB Spotlight.
Last year, as you likely recall, Israel launched a series of strikes against Iran's nuclear program during that 12-day war.
The conflict culminated with Operation Midnight Hammer, when American B-2 bombers and submarine-launched missiles struck key nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan.
Then this year, Iranian nuclear sites were targeted once again during Operation Epic Freedom.
Now, the strikes, of course, damaged some of Iran's most important nuclear facilities.
But exactly how much was destroyed and what may have survived underground, well, that remains a matter of debate.
Initial comments from the White House and Pentagon declared the regime's nuke program obliterated or decimated.