/tags/patricia-sullivan Patricia Sullivan en-US Copyright Wed, 08 Jan 2020 17:19:20 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-01-08/why-north-carolina-is-sending-so-many-troops-to-the-middle-east Iranian airstrikes on two U.S. military bases in Iraq yesterday marked a response to the assassination of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani. In the past… Wed, 08 Jan 2020 17:19:20 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-01-08/why-north-carolina-is-sending-so-many-troops-to-the-middle-east Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio, Jay Price /military/2020-01-08/why-north-carolina-is-sending-so-many-troops-to-the-middle-east Iranian airstrikes on two U.S. military bases in Iraq yesterday marked a response to the assassination of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani. In the past… Wed, 08 Jan 2020 17:19:20 GMT /military/2020-01-08/why-north-carolina-is-sending-so-many-troops-to-the-middle-east Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio, Jay Price