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Despite claims by Pompeo, Tehran and al Qaeda have been at odds more often than they've been aligned since 9/11.

Officials say the president is looking for a peaceful solution to the crisis.

The president also announced he would promote Ryan McCarthy, a former Army ranger, to the top Army civilian slot.

Thanks to rule changes and a new push from the Senate and Pompeo’s team, a flurry of nominees is being approved at last.

Mark Esper has ties to Mike Pompeo and John Bolton, but some wonder if he has the stature to stand up to Trump.

“This country will not stand for it,” Trump says after drone shootdown.

The administration’s hard-line anti-abortion stance is undermining women’s rights and U.S. development aid around the world, critics say.

Biegun admits the two sides still can’t agree on what “denuclearization” means.

Kelly Knight Craft spent about half her tenure as ambassador outside Canada, data shows. She says much of it was work travel.

Fiona Hill will be replaced by the arms control expert Tim Morrison, signaling a possible shift toward nuclear talks.

In a tweet, Trump named Mark Esper, the secretary of the Army, as the new acting secretary of defense.

Gen. Kenneth McKenzie must strike a balance between sending a strong deterrent signal and provoking a war in the Middle East.

By threatening to breach the nuclear deal, Tehran hopes to scare Europe into prodding the United States back to the negotiating table. It may not work.

Hard-liners say the protests only prove that America’s hidden hand is everywhere.

Trump’s hostile behavior is reinvigorating efforts to turn the euro into an alternative to the world’s dominant currency. If only the Europeans could find some way to do it.

Conflicting accounts of the incidents in the Gulf of Oman stir further confusion in an increasingly volatile region.

Guy Roberts’s abrupt departure in April comes amid a long exodus of senior officials under acting Secretary Patrick Shanahan.

Pompeo says no other country could have orchestrated the explosions with “such a high degree of sophistication.”

Trump will send 1,000 noncombat troops to Eastern Europe amid signs of a Russian buildup.

Lawmakers accused the State Department of concocting a “phony emergency.”