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Operational secrecy kept the US from making evacuation plans – and that means Americans in the Mideast could wait days

  • Written by Donald Heflin, Executive Director of the Edward R. Murrow Center and Senior Fellow of Diplomatic Practice, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Operational secrecy kept the US from making evacuation plans – and that means Americans in the Mideast could wait daysCanceled flights due to the Iran war have made it difficult for Americans to leave countries in the Middle East.Marcin Golba/NurPhoto via Getty Images

As the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran, American citizens living in or visiting the Middle East found themselves stranded in countries facing bombing attacks by Iran. The State Department on...

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