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Brett McGurk is a CNN global affairs analyst who served in senior national security positions under Presidents George W.

Recovering Iran's remaining highly enriched uranium stockpile believed to be sitting in a storage facility deep underground, an objective the Trump administration has been discussing, would require a significant number of US ground troops beyond a small special operations footprint, seven current and former officials familiar with the military planning told CNN.