Escalating security preparations and policy headwinds defined the hour as the Pentagon instructed U.S. Central Command to conclude operational planning for potential resumed combat operations against Iran, a directive that comes amid newly surfaced footage showing Iranian strikes had previously forced American troops to abandon Kuwait's Camp Buehring after depleting interceptor ammunition. On the diplomatic front, Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Athens and delivered an address at the Acropolis on Western renewal, while Sen. Thom Tillis…