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The administration kept insisting its Iran squeeze was working, even as lawmakers and foreign-policy observers warned that the strategy was pushing the U.S. closer to a conflict Congress had not authorized. On June 19, that disconnect was the story: maximum pressure on the talking points, maximum confusion in the real world.
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The administration kept insisting its Iran squeeze was working, even as lawmakers and foreign-policy observers warned that the strategy was pushing the U.S. closer to a conflict Congress had not authorized. On June 19, that disconnect was the story: maximum pressure on the talking points, maximum confusion in the real world.
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The administration kept insisting its Iran squeeze was working, even as lawmakers and foreign-policy observers warned that the strategy was pushing the U.S. closer to a conflict Congress had not authorized. On June 19, that disconnect was the story: maximum pressure on the talking points, maximum confusion in the real world.
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