problem on the Iraq-Pakistan border

Quiz for the home audience:

1) Which candidate for President of the United States recently referred to "the situation on the Iraq/Pakistan border" in a public television appearance on "Good Morning America"?

2) What is the situation on this border to which the candidate refers?

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gaming the Strait

The most important sea waterway in the world is the Strait of Hormuz, through which large amounts of oil tanker traffic pass. This is an essay about how hard it would be for Iran to close it, and some related outcomes.

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