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title: "Obama’s preference for talks with Iran faces test in Baghdad, amid election pressure at home"
date: "2012-05-22"
authors:
  - name: "No Author"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2012/05/22/obamas-preference-for-talks-with-iran-faces-test-in-baghdad-amid-election-pressure-at-home/"
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# Obama’s preference for talks with Iran faces test in Baghdad, amid election pressure at home