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5 days ago | 
postguam.com | Karen DeYoung |Susannah George |Gerry Shih |John Hudson
A battle within President Donald Trump’s inner circle over what to do about Iran has been resolved for the moment by Trump’s decision to pursue diplomacy with Tehran. But as U.S. and Iranian negotiators head toward a second round of talks Saturday in Rome, it remains unclear what outcome Trump is seeking and how long he is prepared to wait for it. And in both Tehran and Jerusalem, as in Washington, divisions remain over the wisdom of talking versus fighting.
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1 month ago | 
southfloridareporter.com | John Hudson |Robyn Dixon
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia - The Trump administration will immediately lift its pause on military and intelligence support for Ukraine after Kyiv's endorsement of a U.S. ceasefire proposal, according to a joint statement by Ukraine and the United States.
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2 months ago | 
postguam.com | John Hudson |Missy Ryan |Abigail Hauslohner |Karen DeYoung
SAN SALVADOR - Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday unveiled plans to restructure and potentially abolish the U.S. Agency for International Development, moving swiftly against an agency that has become a key target in President Donald Trump’s push to reshape the federal government and redirect spending to domestic priorities. In a letter to senior lawmakers from both parties, Rubio cited USAID activities he described as “conflicting, overlapping and duplicative” with the State Department.
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2 months ago | 
msn.com | John Hudson |Missy Ryan |Abigail Hauslohner |Karen DeYoung
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
seattletimes.com | Michael Kranish |John Hudson |Sarah Ellison
By Pete Hegseth’s account, his heavy drinking began after a brush with death when an RPG ricocheted off his vehicle but didn’t explode while serving in Iraq with an Army infantry unit. When he returned home to a Manhattan apartment after the deployment ended in 2006, disconnected from the people he served with while his wife at the time worked long hours, he turned to alcohol, he said. “I’d look around at 10 o’clock and be like, ‘What am I going to do today? How about I drink some beers?
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Nov 10, 2024 | 
spokesman.com | Ellen Nakashima |John Hudson |Josh Dawsey
President-elect Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, the first phone conversation between the two men since Trump won the election, said several people familiar with the matter.
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Jul 21, 2024 | 
spokesman.com | Steve Hendrix |John Hudson
JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to land Monday in a Washington consumed by political turmoil, creating further uncertainty about U.S.-Israeli relations at a crucial moment in the Gaza war. President Biden - who announced the end of his reelection bid on the eve of Netanyahu’s departure - has both championed Israel’s right to wage war against Hamas and chided the prime minister for his management of the conflict.
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Jun 29, 2024 | 
postguam.com | Kareem Fahim |John Hudson |Sarah Dadouch
U.S. officials say they are working to quiet fighting between Israel and Hezbollah that has pushed Lebanon to the brink of all-out war - an effort complicated by the administration’s struggle to broker a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, analysts and diplomats said.
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Jun 23, 2024 | 
postguam.com | John Hudson
A senior State Department official and skeptic of the Biden administration’s “bear hug” approach to the government of Israel resigned this week in a setback for U.S. diplomats pushing for a sharper break with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right coalition, said three people familiar with the matter. Andrew Miller, the deputy assistant secretary for Israeli-Palestinian affairs, told colleagues Friday that he had decided to leave his job.
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May 29, 2024 | 
sfgate.com | John Hudson |Michael Birnbaum
A career State Department official involved in the Biden administration’s contentious debates over Israel’s conduct in Gaza resigned this week, citing disagreements with a recently published U.S. government report that claimed that Israel was not impeding humanitarian assistance to Gaza, two officials told The Washington Post. The outgoing official, Stacy Gilbert, served in the State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration.
