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Pentagon to expand espionage role, sending more spies to global hotspots

It will deploy case officers to gather intelligence alongside CIA officers in China, Iran and elsewhere.

An Iranian woman walks past a mural painting of a revolver on the walls of the former US embassy in Tehran during a protest marking the 27th anniversary of the seizure of the US diplomatic mission by Islamist students.

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