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Trump Tells His Team to Tone Down the Tough Talk on Iran
SIMMER DOWN
For months, the Trump administration has been talking in increasingly alarming terms about the Iranian threat. Now, the president wants his people to cool down the hot rhetoric.
Erin Banco
National Security Reporter
Published
Jun. 19 2019
4:03PM EDT
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Erin Banco
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