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  • Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford (center) arrives at a closed briefing for Senate members May 21, 2019 on Capitol Hill. Gen. Dunford joined Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan to brief congressional members on Iran.
    Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford (center) arrives at a closed briefing for Senate members May 21, 2019 on Capitol Hill. Gen. Dunford joined Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan to brief congressional members on Iran.
    Israel & The Middle East section icon
    Iran and America Are Suddenly Both Naked

    By taking decisive action against Soleimani, Trump showed that Iran’s power is an illusion generated by D.C.’s willingness to look the other way

    byLee Smith
  • Debris remains from an attack on the United States Embassy, Islamabad, Pakistan, 1980.(James L. Stanfield/National Geographic/Getty Images)
    Debris remains from an attack on the United States Embassy, Islamabad, Pakistan, 1980.(James L. Stanfield/National Geographic/Getty Images)
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    A 40-Year U.S. Embassy Crisis

    The murders in Benghazi are the latest in a string of attacks on American diplomats to go unanswered by the U.S.

    byLee Smith
  • Demonstrators set an American flag on fire outside the American embassy in Cairo on Jan. 7, 2012.(Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images)
    Demonstrators set an American flag on fire outside the American embassy in Cairo on Jan. 7, 2012.(Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images)
    Israel & The Middle East section icon
    Hostage Crisis

    The Egyptian government is preparing a show trial for 19 American pro-democracy organizers. Is this what life after Hosni Mubarak looks like?

    byLee Smith
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