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FILE - In this Jan. 2, 2018, file photo, United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks to reporters at United Nations headquarters. Haley says the U.S. is withdrawing from UN Human Rights Council, calling it 'not worthy of its name.' (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Trump Administration Pulls U.S. Out of UN Human Rights Council

by Matthew Lee Associated Press, and Josh Lederman Associated PressJune 19, 2018

FILE - In this April 16, 2018, file photo, Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, speaks during a news conference in Cincinnati. The Obama administration secretly sought to give Iran brief access to the U.S. financial system by sidestepping sanctions kept in place after the 2015 nuclear deal, despite repeatedly telling Congress and the public it had no plans to do so. That’s according to an investigation by Senate Republicans released June 6. “The Obama Administration misled the American people and Congress because they were desperate to get a deal with Iran,” said Portman, the subcommittee’s chairman. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, file)

Obama-Era Permit Let Iran Convert Funds

by Josh Lederman Associated Press, and Matthew Lee Associated PressJune 7, 2018

Expectations Rise in Korea

by Catherine Lucey Associated Press, Matthew Lee Associated Press, Hyung-Jin Kim Associated Press, and Foster Klug Associated PressMay 28, 2018

In this May 26, 2018 photo provided on May 27, 2018, by South Korea Presidential Blue House, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center left, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, right, walk after their meeting at the northern side of Panmunjom in North Korea. Moon said Sunday, May 27, that Kim committed in the rivals' surprise meeting to sitting down with President Donald Trump and to a "complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula." The Korean leaders' second summit in a month Saturday, May 26, saw bear hugs and broad smiles, but their quickly arranged meeting appears to highlight a sense of urgency on both sides of the world's most heavily armed border. (South Korea Presidential Blue House via AP)

U.S. Envoys In N. Korea For Planning

by Catherine Lucey Associated Press, Matthew Lee Associated Press, Hyung-Jin Kim Associated Press, and Foster Klug Associated PressMay 27, 2018

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi shake hands following a news conference at the State Department, Wednesday, May 23, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Pompeo ‘Hopeful’ on N. Korea

by Matthew Lee Associated Press, and Matthew Pennington Associated PressMay 23, 2018

FILE - In this April 12, 2018, file photo Mike Pompeo smiles after his introduction before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during a confirmation for him to become the next Secretary of State on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Pompeo Sworn In, Leaves for Europe

by Josh Lederman Associated Press, and Matthew Lee Associated PressApril 26, 2018

Secretary of State-designate Mike Pompeo listens during the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on his confirmation Thursday, April 12, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Pompeo Ducks Mueller Queries

by Matthew Lee Associated Press, and Josh Lederman Associated PressApril 13, 2018

Anticipating Next Move, Aides Prepare Exit From Iran Deal

by Matthew Lee Associated Press, and Josh Lederman Associated PressApril 4, 2018

Former Auschwitz prisoners remember those killed by Nazi Germany at the execution wall at the former Auschwitz death camp on International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Oswiecim, Poland, Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

World Remembers Holocaust

by Vanessa Gera Associated Press, and Matthew Lee Associated PressJanuary 27, 2018

In this Jan. 5, 2018, photo, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks during a interview with the Associated Press at the State Department in Washington. The United States would be “putting people intentionally in harm’s way” if it sent diplomats back to Cuba, Tillerson said, even as a new FBI report casts doubt on the initial theory that Americans were hit by “sonic attacks.” (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

U.S. to Keep Diplomats Out of Cuba

by Josh Lederman Associated Press, and Matthew Lee Associated PressJanuary 9, 2018