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two and a half months into the Iran war, a tentative ceasefire prevails, but so does a standoff between Iran and the U.S. in

negotiations to reach a settlement of the war. President Trump on Sunday rejected Iran's

latest response to his one-page term sheet

for a settlement, and Iran, in turn, rejected Trump's rejection. So where are we now in this

conflict and is a resumption of hostilities likely before too long? That's our subject for today on Potomac Watch. Welcome,

I'm Paul Gie Go on the Wall Street Journal Opinion page of my guest today, Michael Duran. He's a senior

fellow at the Hudson Institute and a longtime Middle East watcher, an expert, former member of the

National Security Council in the George W. Bush administration.

Michael, welcome. Good to see you.

Great to be here. Thanks for having me.

So when we last talked here on Potomac Watch was in the relatively early stages of the war,

and things were going rather better, I think, for the U.S. and Israel than they have been

in the recent couple of weeks. So how do you see where

things stand now? I'm still pretty optimistic. I just got back from Europe and I didn't meet

anyone there who agreed with me. They were all doom and gloom. But I basically agree with Donald

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