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U.S. diplomats depart; the new Grand Egyptian Museum

Senior career diplomats at the U.S. State Department are effectively being forced into retirement. It's a loss of talent that one former diplomat calls a "unilateral disarmament". And we visit the new Grand Egyptian Museum outside Cairo, which was more than 30 years in the making.

By Michele Kelemen, Aya Batrawy, Greg DixonCairoMay 5, 2026
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Senior career diplomats at the U.S. State Department are effectively being forced into retirement. It's a loss of talent that one former diplomat calls a "unilateral disarmament". And we visit the new Grand Egyptian Museum outside Cairo, which was more than 30 years in the making.

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