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Pompeo's rise will make Mideast war more likely

  • Written by Gregory Aftandilian, Lecturer, Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University
The newly nominated secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, is a foreign policy hawk who opposes the Iran nuclear deal. Scrapping it could unleash a chain reaction of violence across the Middle East.AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta

After U.S. president Donald Trump fired his secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, many analysts have focused on how this high-level...

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