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Zalmay Khalilzad, special envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation, testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 27, 2021, during a hearing on the Biden administration's Afghanistan policy and plans to withdraw troops after two decades of war. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

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US orders big drawdown at Kabul embassy as troops leave

by Matthew Lee Associated PressApril 27, 2021

President Joe Biden speaks from the Treaty Room in the White House on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, about the withdrawal of the remainder of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

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US to pull troops from Afghanistan

by Aamer Madhani Associated Press, and Matthew Lee Associated PressApril 14, 2021

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 1985 file photo, Secretary of State George Shultz, center, walks with President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George Bush upon his arrival at the White House in Washington, after two days of arms talks with the Soviet Union in Geneva. Shultz, former President Reagan's longtime secretary of state, who spent most of the 1980s trying to improve relations with the Soviet Union and forging a course for peace in the Middle East, died Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021. He was...

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Longtime secretary of state Shultz dies at 100

by Matthew Lee Associated PressFebruary 7, 2021

Newly confirmed U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is greeted with an elbow bump as he arrives for a welcome ceremony at the State Department, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021 in Washington. (Carlos Barria/Pool via AP)

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Blinken takes over at State Dept.

by Matthew Lee Associated PressJanuary 27, 2021

FILE - In this March 10, 2011, file photo, then-Vice President Joe Biden, left, shakes hands with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia. President Joe Biden has been thrown into a high-wire act with Russia as he seeks to toughen his administration's stance against Putin while preserving room for diplomacy in a post-Donald Trump era. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

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Biden, Putin step lightly on 1st call

by Matthew Lee Associated Press, and Jonathan Lemire Associated PressJanuary 26, 2021

FILE - In this July 10, 2014 file photo, then U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns, is shown in New Delhi, India. President-elect Joe Biden has chosen veteran diplomat William Burns to be his CIA director. Biden made the announcement on Monday. A former ambassador to Russia and Jordan, Burns rose through the ranks of the State Department to become deputy secretary before retiring to run the Carnegie Endowment of International Peace in 2014.(AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

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Veteran diplomat tapped for CIA

by Matthew Lee Associated PressJanuary 11, 2021

FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2020, file photo Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden smiles as former Secretary of State John Kerry, left, takes the podium to speak at a campaign stop at the South Slope Community Center in North Liberty, Iowa. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

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Biden Cabinet picks signal sharp shift

by Matthew Lee Associated PressNovember 23, 2020

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, President Donald Trump, Bahrain Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan react on the Blue Room Balcony after signing the Abraham Accords during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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At White House, Israel inks pacts with 2 Arab states

by Deb Riechmann Associated Press, Matthew Lee Associated Press, and Jonathan Lemire Associated PressSeptember 15, 2020

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020, in Washington. Trump said on Thursday that the United Arab Emirates and Israel have agreed to establish full diplomatic ties as part of a deal to halt the annexation of occupied land sought by the Palestinians for their future state. White House senior adviser Jared Kushner is at right. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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UAE to open diplomatic ties with Israel, Trump says

by Jon Gambrell Associated Press, Matthew Lee Associated Press, and Josef Federman Associated PressAugust 13, 2020

In this image made from video, fire engine is seen outside Chinese consulate in Houston, Tuesday, July 21, 2020. Media reports in Houston said that authorities had responded to reports of a fire at the consulate. Witnesses said that people were burning paper in what appeared to be trash cans, the Houston Chronicle reported, citing police.(KTRK via AP)

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US orders China to close Texas consulate

by Ken Moritsugu Associated Press, and Matthew Lee Associated PressJuly 22, 2020