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Defence Secretary Mark Esper arrived in Baghdad amid reports that the US may want to boost troops deployed¹ in Iraq. He has said that current plan has for US troops leaving Syria will go to Iraq, as they continue to fight Islamic State forces.

A top US diplomat² testified that President Trump³ held back military aid to Ukraine. William Taylor says President Trump demanded that Ukraine investigate Democrats⁴ and a company tied to former vice-president Biden's family.

The European Council president says he'll recommend granting Britain a delay as it leaves the European Union. The United Kingdom wants to push "Brexit" back three months until January.

And the National Weather service: most of the rivers of western Washington stayed back below flood stage after heavy rains tapered⁵ off. Flood warnings were issued after some areas got up to a foot of rain in the past three weeks.

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1 deployed
（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )；施展；部署；有效地利用
参考例句：
Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。 The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

2 diplomat
n.外交官，外交家；能交际的人，圆滑的人
参考例句：
The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.那位外交官插进一个笑话，紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。 He served as a diplomat in Russia before the war.战前他在俄罗斯当外交官。

3 trump
n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭
参考例句：
He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。 The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

4 democrats
n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。 The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。来自《简明英汉词典》

5 tapered
adj. 锥形的，尖削的，楔形的，渐缩的，斜的动词taper的过去式和过去分词
参考例句：
The tail tapered to a rounded tip. 尾部越来越细，最后成了个圆尖。 The organization tapered off in about half a year. 那个组织大约半年内就逐渐消失了。

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