Michelle Kellerman

In an emailed statement, a State Department official calls the move temporary.

The embassy remains open, but non-essential personnel and family members have been ordered to leave Lebanon.

The State Department says it continuously assesses the security environment and determined that it is, quote, prudent to reduce the U.S.

footprint in Lebanon.

President Trump has been warning Iran that, in his words, really bad things will happen if Iran doesn't make a nuclear deal with him, even though last year he said the U.S.

obliterated Iran's nuclear program.

Iran has threatened to strike U.S.

bases in the region if it's attacked once again.

Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, the State Department.

At the U.S.

Institute of Peace, a building that now bears Trump's name, the president gathered the 27 members of his board along with representatives of other countries that have yet to join.

Gulf allies and some Central Asian nations are promising nearly $7 billion for Gaza, he says, and Indonesia, Morocco and several other nations are promising troops and police.

Trump is chairman of the board, a job that his administration says will continue even after he leaves office.

Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, the State Department.

The president announced that the U.S.

is giving $10 billion to the Board of Peace, though members of Congress question the legality of that.

He also says he's raised $7 billion from nine other countries that joined his board, mostly in the Middle East and Central Asia.

At the U.S.

Institute of Peace, a building that now bears Trump's name, the president gathered the 27 members of his board along with representatives of other countries that have yet to join.

Gulf allies and some Central Asian nations are promising nearly $7 billion for Gaza, he says, and Indonesia, Morocco and several other nations are promising troops and police.