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BEIRUT — U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made a surprise visit to Lebanon on Monday, the first by a senior U.S. official since an agreement in May that handed decisive new powers to Hezbollah, the militant Shiite group that the United States considers a terrorist organization.
Rice met with government leaders from both the government majority and the Hezbollah-led opposition, signaling her support for a compromise that appears to have stabilized the country even as it delivered another setback to U.S. allies in the region.
