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This is AP News Minute.

Defence Secretary Mark Esper arrived in Baghdad amid reports that the US may want to boost troops deployed1 in Iraq. He has said that current plan has for US troops leaving Syria will go to Iraq, as they continue to fight Islamic State forces.

A top US diplomat2 testified that President Trump3 held back military aid to Ukraine. William Taylor says President Trump demanded that Ukraine investigate Democrats4 and a company tied to former vice-president Biden's family.

The European Council president says he'll recommend granting Britain a delay as it leaves the European Union. The United Kingdom wants to push "Brexit" back three months until January.

And the National Weather service: most of the rivers of western Washington stayed back below flood stage after heavy rains tapered5 off. Flood warnings were issued after some areas got up to a foot of rain in the past three weeks.


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1 deployed 4ceaf19fb3d0a70e329fcd3777bb05ea     
（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用
参考例句：
  • Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
  • The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。
2 diplomat Pu0xk     
n.外交官，外交家；能交际的人，圆滑的人
参考例句：
  • The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.那位外交官插进一个笑话，紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。
  • He served as a diplomat in Russia before the war.战前他在俄罗斯当外交官。
3 trump LU1zK     
n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭
参考例句：
  • He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
  • The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。
4 democrats 655beefefdcaf76097d489a3ff245f76     
n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
  • The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 tapered 4c6737890eeff46eb8dd48dc0b94b563     
adj. 锥形的，尖削的，楔形的，渐缩的，斜的 动词taper的过去式和过去分词
参考例句：
  • The tail tapered to a rounded tip. 尾部越来越细，最后成了个圆尖。
  • The organization tapered off in about half a year. 那个组织大约半年内就逐渐消失了。

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