Intel: How US diplomatic attrition is hurting Middle East policy - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Mar 6, 2019

People enter the State Department Building in Washington, U.S., January 26, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC1D48272C00 — People enter the State Department Building in Washington, U.S., Jan. 26, 2017. — REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

People enter the State Department Building in Washington, U.S., January 26, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC1D48272C00

Intel: Why the State Department still doesn’t have a Middle East chief

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Acting U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, David Satterfield, speaks during the 11th Annual International Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) Conference in Tel Aviv, Israel January 31, 2018. REUTERS/Amir Cohen - RC1EBEED50F0

Intel: How Trump’s choice as envoy to Turkey could complicate US Syria policy

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Retired four-star Army General John Abizaid testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during his confirmation hearing to be U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 6, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC1BE3EFCA20

Intel: How the US is filling diplomatic gap with picks for Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Libya

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Trump’s pick for top Middle East post set to advance

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