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Iran Feels It Has 'New Leverage' In MidEast Amid War with US
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8:11Now PlayingMichael Allen, managing director of Beacon Global Strategies and a former national security aide to President George W. Bush, said Iranians feel they have "a lot of new leverage" they didn't have before the US and Israel launched strikes as Iran's government looks to rebuild its influence in the region. Allen also discussed President Trump's decision to pull back on military exercises with South Korea, saying he doesn't know what South Korea has done to deserve a chilling in US-South Korea relations.
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