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The Middle East, the world’s most volatile and conflict-ridden region, continues to generate some of the most dangerous threats to U.S. security.

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The U.S. Should Oppose Hezbollah and its Iranian and Syrian Mastersin Lebanon Ariel Cohen, Ph.D.

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