Word: retreatâ
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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Even when the crisis abated, leaving Hussein still in power and the Syrians in retreat???just as Washington wanted it?there was a bitter aftertaste, a feeling that the U.S. was being pressured in a manner that required new toughness on its part. Nixon was able to leave for his trip to the Mediterranean and Europe as scheduled, but the journey took on fresh and weightier significance. Although concern about Soviet activities in the Middle East was genuine enough, the original decision to take the trip had contained elements of routine flag showing and pre-election headline grabbing...
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