From the UK to the Gulf, are US overseas bases becoming liabilities?
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Nairobi, Kenya
The meeting with Kushner and Witkoff comes after two days of trilateral talks in the UAE yielded no breakthrough.

The meeting with Kushner and Witkoff comes after two days of trilateral talks in the UAE yielded no breakthrough.
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