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Thank you. It's Friday, 7 March, welcome to the BDB afternoon bulletin.

I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage.

Let's get briefed.

First, President Trump has made a personal appeal to Iran's supreme leader to come to the negotiating table to strike a new nuclear deal, while also threatening military action if he refuses.

Later in the show, we'll discuss personnel reductions, known in some circles as terminations that quietly began this week at the CIA.

Intelligence officials warned these staff cuts could severely damage U.S. national security interests and set the agency back years. But first, today's afternoon spotlight. In another interesting,

possibly unorthodox, diplomatic move, President Trump has personally reached

out to Iranian leaders in an effort to strike a new nuclear deal that would reign in that

country's nuclear development and avert the need for military intervention.

The surprising revelation, given the regime's past attempts to assassinate President Trump,

came during an interview that Trump gave to Fox business on Friday,

where he reiterated his intent to find a peaceful solution to Iran's pursuit of a bomb.

That is, of course, if the Islamic regime is willing to play ball.

Trump said he sent a letter on Wednesday directly to

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamini, offering him a choice between engaging in good

faith negotiations or facing the wrath of the American military. It does make you wonder what the

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