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Barbara Leaf, the Biden administration’s pick to head the State Department’s Middle East bureau, was confirmed by the Senate on Wednesday after more than a

The career diplomat's nomination was approveded by a vote of 54 to 44.

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Alongside secretary of defense lloyd austin. you have bill burns, barbara leaf, as well as climate envoy john kerry. the united states is taking this relationship seriously when it comes to foreign policy, security, and also energy and climate initiatives. john, it comes at a tough time. you mentioned potentially other member states the president could visit. i would say between the aue and saudi arabia, its been a tricky relationship with the biden administration. thats really coming down to tw...

The sizable delegation could offer a reset for strained relations between Washington and the Emirates

The election comes a day after the death of his half-brother President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

Iran’s foreign minister has declared that the State Department’s designation of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps as a “Foreign Terrorist Organization” – imposed by the Trump Administration in 2019 –

The forced vote is a way of getting Republicans on record about their opposition to the new deal.

Although her nomination was the first item on the agenda, chairman Bob Menendez (D-New Jersey) decided to pull her name at the last minute.