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US Names New Arctic Envoy in Push to Expand Reach in Region

Associated Press

   The Trump administration on Wednesday named a special envoy for the
   Arctic, filling a post that had been vacant for more than three years
   as the administration seeks a greater role in the region and tries to
   blunt growing Russian and Chinese influence there.

   The State Department's appointment of veteran career diplomat Jim
   DeHart to be U.S. coordinator for the Arctic came just a week after
   Secretary of State Mike Pompeo vowed enhanced U.S. engagement in the
   Arctic on a visit to Denmark. The U.S. opened a consulate in the
   semi-autonomous Danish territory of Greenland earlier this year as part
   of its new Arctic strategy.

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