State Department sends official to Beirut as stalemate drags on

Undersecretary for Political Affairs David Hale is the highest-ranking US official to visit Beirut under the new administration.
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David Hale, undersecretary of state for political affairs at the State Department, removes his face mask before testifying at a Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing on US Policy in the Middle East on Capitol Hill on Sept. 24, 2020, in Washington, DC. - Erin Schaff/Getty Images
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The US State Department is dispatching a senior official to Lebanon this week to push the country’s leaders to form a government after months of political deadlock. 

Undersecretary for Political Affairs David Hale will visit Beirut on Tuesday through Thursday, making him the highest-ranking US official to travel to the small Mediterranean country since President Joe Biden took office in January. 

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