Iran war taxes US diplomatic work and leaves Americans in the Mideast in limbo

By MATTHEW LEE, AP Diplomatic Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) — The largest U.S. diplomatic drawdown in the Middle East since the Iraq War began more than two decades ago is creating an apparently unplanned-for crisis for the Trump administration as the United States and Israel strike Iran in a widening conflict.

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