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Editorial: Pressuring Iran, Trump adds diplomacy to deterrence

After the United States killed Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, and Iran responded by launching missiles at U.S. military bases in Iraq, what would President Donald Trump do? We were as unsettled as anyone at the prospect of Trump exacerbating dangers by letting his ego and emotions rule.

That didn't happen - at least not immediately. In a televised address Wednesday the president

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