delegation

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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

Is the U.S. delegation prepared to reveal new information proving that crucial last point, à la Adlai Stevenson’s Cuban Missile Crisis slide show?

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 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

Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who led Tehran's delegation in Pakistan, said Tehran would "not bow to any threats", while navy chief Shahram Irani called Trump's blockade "ridiculous".

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

The chief strength of the proslavery argument that emerged from the Deep South delegation in the congressional debate of March 16–17 was its relentless focus on the impractical dimensions of all plans for abolition.

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