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FILE - In this April 11, 2011 file photo, then-U.S. envoy Chris Stevens attends meetings at the Tibesty Hotel in Benghazi, Libya. U.S. special operations forces captured a militant in Libya accused of playing an instrumental role in the Benghazi attacks, officials said Oct. 30, 2017, in a high-stakes operation designed to bring the perpetrators to justice more than five years after the deadly violence. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

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US claims to capture key Benghazi militant

by Lolita C. Baldor Associated Press, Josh Lederman Associated Press, and Matthew Lee Associated PressOctober 30, 2017

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson talks with the pilots as he sits in the cockpit of a C-17 aircraft while in flight, Monday, Oct. 23, 2017, on the way to Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

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Tillerson makes surprise trips to Iraq, Afghanistan on 1 day

by Matthew Lee Associated Press, and Alex Brandon Associated PressOctober 23, 2017

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Trump jibe deepens rift with Tillerson

by Jonathan Lemire Associated Press, and Matthew Lee Associated PressOctober 10, 2017

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson turns away from a podium, to return to his office, after making a statement at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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Tillerson denies he wanted to resign, or that he called Trump ‘moron’

by Matthew Lee Associated Press, and Bradley Klapper Associated PressOctober 5, 2017

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, left, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, right, speak with Chairman Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., center, as they arrive to testify on Afghanistan before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017. Referring to the Iran nuclear deal, Dunford told the committee that “Iran is not in material breach of the agreement and I do believe the agreement to date has delayed the development of a nuclear capability by Iran.” AP Photo/Andrew Harnik

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Iran deal’s future may hinge on face-saving fix for Trump

by Bradley Klapper Associated Press, and Matthew Lee Associated PressOctober 4, 2017

In this Sept. 29, 2017 photo, a worker carries cardboard inside the compound of the United States embassy in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. The United States expelled 15 of Cuba's diplomats Tuesday to protest its failure to protect Americans from unexplained attacks in Havana, plunging diplomatic ties between the countries to levels unseen in years. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan)

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Ties threatened: US orders 15 Cuban diplomats to leave

by Josh Lederman Associated Press, and Matthew Lee Associated PressOctober 3, 2017

In a Friday, Sept. 29, 2017, photo, staff stand within the United States embassy facility in Havana, Cuba. AP Photo/Desmond Boylan

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Ties threatened: US orders 15 Cuban diplomats to leave

by Josh Lederman Associated Press, and Matthew Lee Associated PressOctober 3, 2017

In this Aug. 14, 2015, photo, a U.S. flag flies at the U.S. embassy in Havana, Cuba. The Associated Press has learned that frightening attacks on U.S. personnel in Havana struck the heart of America's spy network in Cuba, with intelligence operatives among the first and most severely affected victims. AP Photo/Desmond Boylan

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Attacks in Havana hit US spy network in Cuba

by Michael Weissenstein Associated Press, Josh Lederman Associated Press, and Matthew Lee Associated PressOctober 2, 2017

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, left, chats with China's President Xi Jinping during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Saturday.

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Trump says envoy ‘wasting his time’ talking to N. Korea

by Matthew Lee Associated PressOctober 1, 2017

FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2015, file photo, a U.S. flag flies at the U.S. embassy in Havana, Cuba. Senior U.S. officials say the United States is pulling roughly 60 percent of its staff out of Cuba and warning American travelers not to visit due to “specific attacks” that have harmed U.S. diplomats. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan, File)

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US slashes Cuba embassy staff, warns Americans not to visit

by Josh Lederman Associated Press, and Matthew Lee Associated PressSeptember 29, 2017