By Katharine Jackson and Curtis Williams WASHINGTON, March 8 (Reuters) - Trump administration officials on Sunday defended a decision to temporarily lift some sanctions on Russian oil and predicted that a sharp increase in gasoline prices resulting from the Iran war would last only weeks.

US Ambassador Michael Waltz told the UN council that strikes aim to stop Iran’s nuclear and missile threats and avert broader Middle East conflict

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Wright told CNN's 'State of the Union' that the waiver can help 'tamp this fear of shortage of oil, tamp the price spikes and the concerns we see in the marketplace'