Secretary of Defense Mark Esper defended President Trump's decision to order the strike that killed General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of Iran's Quds Force, during a press conference at the Pentagon on Tuesday. Soleimani and Kataib Hezbollah leader Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes were killed by a U.S. airstrike while they were in a car at the Baghdad International Airport. In a statement, the Pentagon said Soleimani was in the country to carry out more attacks against Americans in the region. Iranian-backed militias were under Soleimani's orders to attack the American Embassy in Baghdad on New Year's Eve.Esper said they are not...