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State Dept. Expands Plans for Closing Embassies and Consulates
The Trump administration is considering plans to close 10 embassies and 17 consulates and reduce or consolidate the staff of ...
State Department could close dozens of embassies, consulates while seeking $26B in ‘drastic’ spending cuts
At least 17 consulates — in the UK, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, South Korea, and Bosnia and Herzegovina — and 10 ...
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Iraqi FM visits US as Baghdad eyes new security partnerships amid regional shifts
Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein traveled to the United States on Thursday to discuss strengthening bilateral ties and ...
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US to deploy 750 troops to Middle East after embassy attack in Iraq
a move taken hours after demonstrators stormed the US Embassy in Iraq. Pentagon Chief and US Secretary of Defence, Mark Esper in a series of tweets said this deployment is an appropriate and ...
Trump administration looking at closing nearly 30 overseas embassies and consulates
The Trump administration is looking at closing nearly 30 overseas embassies and consulates as it eyes significant changes to ...
Trump considering closing 30 embassies, consulates: Reports
Amid the dismantling of the US government by Elon Musk, the Donald Trump administration is considering closing 30 embassies ...
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On This Day: U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh evacuated
File Photo by Michael Levkin/UPI In 1975, the U.S. military evacuated Americans from the U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh ... human trafficking while in the United States. U.S. News // 3 hours ago ...
Returning from the Middle East, Michael Baumgartner reflects on Iraq’s progress since he left in 2008
When Rep. Adam Smith asked his counterpart from across the Cascades to join him on a trip to Iraq, the Democrat from Bellevue got a response he hadn’t often heard before.