💬 Opinion 17h ago · Nick Turse

DOGE Cuts Left U.S. Unable to Help Americans Stranded in Iran War Zone

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DOGE Cuts Left U.S. Unable to Help Americans Stranded in Iran War Zone
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When the U.S. and Israel launched their war on Iran, it put as many as 1 million Americans living in the Middle East at risk. Many found themselves stranded in an expanding war zone by a government without a plan, much less the personnel and expertise, to rescue them.



That’s because the Trump administration fired hundreds of key State Department personnel with the skills needed to safeguard U.S. citizens abroad and usher them from harm’s way, lawmakers say. These foreign service officers — wh

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