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The two crises, unfolding thousands of miles from each other, are merging to crystallize a wider set of divisions in U.S. society that are challenging Biden's already shaky political standing. Americans had already been debating the limits of free speech on campus, the balance between protest and public order and the U.S. alliance with an obstinate Israeli government.

U.S. Shuffles Military Assets in Middle East After Gulf Pushback

WASHINGTON-The Pentagon is shifting jet fighters, armed drones and other aircraft to Qatar, repositioning its forces to get around restrictions on conducting airstrikes from an air base long used by the U.S. in the United Arab Emirates.

The U.A.E. informed the U.S. in February that it would no longer permit American warplanes and drones based at Al Dhafra air base in Abu Dhabi to carry out strikes in Yemen and Iraq. That has prompted U.S. commanders to send the additional aircraft to Al Udeid air base in Qatar, the small Persian Gulf monarchy that hasn't imposed similar restrictions, U.S. officials said.

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