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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at a news conference at the State Department in Washington, Friday, Feb. 1, 2019. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced that the U.S. is pulling out of a treaty with Russia that's been a centerpiece of arms control since the Cold War. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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US pulls out of Cold War-era nuclear treaty, blaming Russia

by Deb Riechmann Associated Press, Robert Burns Associated Press, and Matthew Lee Associated PressFebruary 1, 2019

North Korean official Kim Yong Chol, right, prepares to leave the Beijing International Airport, Thursday.

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US and North Korea to hold talks on 2nd Trump-Kim summit

by Matthew Lee Associated Press, and Deb Riechmann Associated PressJanuary 17, 2019

Internal Revenue Service employees, front row from left, Brian Lanouette, of Merrimack, N.H., Mary Maldonado, of Dracut, and Maria Zangari, of Haverhill, display placards during a rally by federal employees and supporters, Thursday, in front of the Statehouse in Boston, held to call for an end to the partial shutdown of the federal government.

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In tit-for-tat, Trump blocks Pelosi’s overseas trip

by Catherine Lucey Associated Press, Matthew Lee Associated Press, Zeke Miller Associated Press, and Lisa Mascaro Associated PressJanuary 17, 2019

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Pompeo rebukes Obama’s Mideast policies, Iran

by Matthew Lee AP Diplomatic WriterJanuary 11, 2019

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, rushes to the office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., at day's end on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018. Amid the news that President Donald Trump is pulling all 2,000 U.S. troops out of Syria, Graham said he was "blindsided" by the report and called the decision "a disaster in the making." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Trump to pull troops from Syria, saying IS defeated

by Lolita C. Baldor Associated Press, Robert Burns Associated Press, and Matthew Lee Associated PressDecember 19, 2018

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, shakes hands with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg prior to a meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday took aim at China, Iran, Russia and others for violating numerous treaties and multi-state agreements and questioned whether many pillars of international trade and diplomacy are still relevant. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, Pool)

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US warns Russia it is ready to abandon key nuclear pact

by Lorne Cook Associated Press, and Matthew Lee Associated PressDecember 4, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, on July 22, 2018, and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Feb. 6, 2018.

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US restores Iran sanctions lifted in Obama deal

by Matthew Lee Associated PressNovember 3, 2018

President Donald Trump talks to reporters as before boarding Air Force One, Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md., en route to campaign stops in Montana, Arizona and Nevada. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Trump says Khashoggi likely dead, threatens consequences

by Matthew Lee Associated Press, and Darlene Superville Associated PressOctober 19, 2018

FILE- In this Sept. 24, 2018 file photo, President Donald Trump talks to Nikki Haley, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, at the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters. Congressional and Trump administration officials told The Associated Press that Haley plans to resign. She was appointed to the U.N. post in November 2016. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

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UN Ambassador Nikki Haley resigning; she gives no reason

by Matthew Lee Associated Press, and Zeke Miller Associated PressOctober 9, 2018

National Security Adviser John Bolton speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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US terminates 1955 treaty with Iran after UN court ruling

by Matthew Lee AP Diplomatic WriterOctober 3, 2018