The Middle East is in a precarious state after the U.S. assassination of Iran’s Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani and Iran’s follow-up strikes on a military base housing U.S. troops in Iraq. Douglas A. Silliman was the U.S. Ambassador to Iraq from 2016-19 and to Kuwait before that. He joins host Krys Boyd to talk about U.S. strategy in the region – and about what it will take to improve relations with Iran.
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Associated Press