delegation
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Harry Summers, who’d won Bronze and Silver stars in that war as an operations officer, flew to Hanoi as chief of the U.S. delegation to resolve the status of missing American soldiers.
From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026
Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who led Tehran's delegation in Pakistan, said Tehran would "not bow to any threats", while navy chief Shahram Irani called Trump's blockade "ridiculous".
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
Iran's parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who led Iran's negotiating team, wrote that "the opposing side ultimately failed to gain the trust of the Iranian delegation in this round of negotiations".
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
Reza Amiri Moghadam, a senior member of the Iranian delegation at the talks, called it the beginning of a process.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
The fact that the decision to send the delegation rendered him unpopular, that it struck most observers as an act of political suicide, only confirmed for him that it must be right.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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