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Despite Gabbard's assertions to the contrary, the president's remarks represent a curt dismissal of his intelligence chief's sworn testimony - and could be an indication that Iran hawks are gaining the upper hand in the White House.

Those who believe Iran is close to a bomb - including Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, Iran hawks in Congress and the Israeli government - cite last week's determination by the International Atomic Energy Agency that Iran was in violation of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty for the first time in 20 years.

With "Richard Manuel: His Life and Music, from the Hawks and Bob Dylan to The Band," Lewis affords the musician the epitaph that he has long since deserved, a moving tribute to the group that was always irredeemably the sum of its parts.

As Stephen Lewis’ "Richard Manuel: His Life and Music, from the Hawks and Bob Dylan to The Band" powerfully reminds us, they were truly the sum of their parts.

Hardline hawks inside Iran's security establishment have long argued that the best deterrence against future attacks by Israel or the US would be for it to acquire the nuclear bomb.