Lawmakers from US President Donald Trump's Republican Party are gathering Monday for a strategy session in Florida, with one urgent issue topping the agenda: how to prevent the Iran war from becoming a midterm election liability.
The long-planned annual meeting -- hosted this year at Trump's Miami-area golf club -- kicks off over a week after he ordered strikes alongside Israel on Iran, prompting retaliatory attacks across the Middle East and sending ripple effects around the world.
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