Foreign and defense entanglements headlined the hour as Saudi Arabia and Syria opened talks to deploy 10,000 to 20,000 Syrian troops to Yemen to counter Houthi forces with U.S. consultation, coinciding with a Congressional Research Service report revealing at least 81 U.S. military aircraft and drones were damaged or destroyed in the Iran conflict, while Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth addressed sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln following a record 260-day deployment without port calls. Geopolitical tensions also reshaped regional diplomacy, with the Trump administration shelving a broader…