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BeStreamwise.com. It's Thursday, 26 December. Welcome to the President's Daily Brief. I'm Mike Baker,

your eyes and ears on the world stage. All right, let's get briefed. Today, the day after Christmas, of course, we're doing something

a little different. As the year comes to a close, we're taking stock of the events that

reshaped global geopolitics. Now, we'll be looking back at the top stories in foreign policy

and national security, stories that didn't just make headlines, but altered the direction

of the year ahead. Now, this isn't a ranked list, okay? It's not in any particular order

of importance. Each story essentially stands on its own. All right, let's get started. We're

calling this first segment, a terrible year for Tehran. And that could be the title

of a Broadway musical, although probably not a very entertaining one. Okay, topping the list for

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