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e US. We assign a low probability to such an event for two reasons. First, we point to comments made by secretary of defense nominee retired General James Mattis, which suggest a different approach in dealing with Iran.’”’ In a speech in April 2016 at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Mattis
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