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fi Issawi, Iraq's former finance minister and a well-regarded Sunni moderate who had criticized the prime minister's growing authoritarianism. In a Los Angeles Times op W later that month, Iraq expert Henri Barkey called the move "another nail in the coffin for a unified Iraq." Iraq, he warned, "is on its way to

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ia regulators imposed a one-year moratorium banning insurers from dropping policies for homeowners in wildfire-ravaged areas of the state. From the Los Angeles Times: "The move comes amid an exodus of some insurers in communities hard hit by fires, forcing some homeowners to take plans that provide less coverage,

named the State Department's special representative for Syria last summer and in January was given the additional role of special envoy to counter the Islamic State. Neither of Jeffrey's roles required Senate confirmation, which would have risked Democratic lawmakers reading from the never Trump letters at a p