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If Donald Trump’s search for a way out of the Iran war was not difficult enough, he’s added a new goal that threatens to vastly complicate the Middle East’s already splintered politics.
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President Donald Trump is trying to preempt criticism by casting any agreement with Iran as the opposite of former President Barack Obama’s 2015 nuclear deal, even as some conservatives argue the emerging framework could follow a familiar playbook. CNN’s Betsy Klein reports.

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