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This week on Bombshell, special guest Elizabeth Rosenberg explains the art of unmaking the Iran deal and the consequences of the Trump administration\'s Iran \'strategy.\' Foreign relations are keeping us busy with a tinderbox in Kirkuk at the worst possible time, and a new lens on the Pentagon\'s under-scrutinized advise and assist efforts in Africa that resulted in four soldier\'s killed in an ambush this month. Mattis and the White House are sending mixed signals on transparency and democratic accountability on the Hill and in the press (what else is new?). Erin, Radha, and Loren are as usual looking out for budget deals, new and potentially harmful MAVNI guidelines, and Trump appointees. And yeah. Us too.

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• Radha Iyengar and Rebecca Friedman Lissner,\\xa0\\u201cIran, Terrorism, and Nonproliferation After the Nuclear Deal,\\u201d\\xa0War on the Rocks
• Angela Dewan, \\u201cWhy Turkey-US tensions have come to a boil,\\u201d\\xa0CNN
• \\u201cIraq conflict: Peshmerga \'deadline to leave Kirkuk\' passes,\\u201d\\xa0BBC
• \\u201cIraqi, Kurd forces in Kirkuk standoff as tensions rise,\\u201d\\xa0Al Jazeera
• Colin Cookman, \\u201cPakistan-Afghanistan Update: Canadian-American Couple Freed After 5 Years Captivity; UN Release Civilian Casualty Update,\\u201d\\xa0Colin Cookman
• Sarah Polley, \\u201cThe Men You Meet Making Movies,\\u201d\\xa0New York Times
• Ilan Goldenberg and Elizabeth Rosenberg,\\xa0\\u201cIf Trump Won\'t Certify the Iran Deal, He Should Do This Instead,\\u201d\\xa0Foreign Policy
• Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Eric Schmitt, \\u201cNiger Attack Lays Bare U.S. Troops Long Wait for Medical Help in Africa,\\u201d\\xa0New York Times
• Phillip Carter, \\u201cQuestionable Calls,"\\xa0Slate