SCIUTTO: New this morning, the British Ministry of Defense is standing by a top British General who said there is no increased threat from Iran to U.S.-led coalition troops, of course, which includes British troops, a direct contradiction to a warning from the Trump administration. That British Major General is the Deputy Commander of the U.S.-led military coalition against ISIS in Iraq. He says the threat level remains steady. U.S. Central Command is pushing back on that. Meanwhile, as tensions between the Trump administration and Iran continue to grow, the U.S. State Department is now ordering non- emergency U.S. government employees to leave the country due to worries that they could be targeted. U.S. citizens are also being warned not travel to Iraq. Joining me now is CNN's Barbara Starr. She's live at the Pentagon. So this is quite a disagreement and a public one between two close allies, who, I should remind folks, share intelligence under what's known as the Five Eyes Program here. So how can one say there's increased threat, the U.S., and the other say not true?</s>BARBARA STARR, CNN PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT: Well, you know, Jim, now you're seeing both defense departments essentially try and walk that fine line. But make no mistake, there is a disagreement. This British General, very competent, very experienced, told reporters yesterday here at the Pentagon in a video press conference after being repeatedly asked, he just said he saw no difference, that Iran always does pose a threat in the region but he didn't see anything out of the ordinary of the consistent ongoing Iranian threat. That is very different, of course, than what the Pentagon says. So the Pentagon pushed back in a very public way yesterday.
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