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delegation

[del-i-gey-shuhn] / ˌdɛl ɪˈgeɪ ʃən /




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Pakistani officials traveled to Tehran on Wednesday to deliver a message from the U.S. delegation, potentially laying the groundwork for new, in-person talks.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

Harry Summers, who’d won Bronze and Silver stars in that war as an operations officer, flew to Hanoi as chief of the U.S. delegation to resolve the status of missing American soldiers.

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026

Reza Amiri Moghadam, a senior member of the Iranian delegation at the talks, called it the beginning of a process.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

And its parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who led Iran's negotiating team, wrote that "the opposing side ultimately failed to gain the trust of the Iranian delegation in this round of negotiations".

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

The Virginia delegation had already received its marching orders to mobilize behind an amended version of the report.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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