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While Sioux City leaders had largely stayed mum, the local chamber of commerce was brokering a deal to drop the charges.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2025

One of his most notable achievements in office was brokering a peace deal in the Middle East between Egypt and Israel.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2024

“Both would have been hesitant to endorse any implication that somehow the U.S. was brokering an improvement in Japan-ROK ties,” he said, referring to the Republic of Korea.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 17, 2023

He said that the important thing was brokering a peace deal.

From Washington Times • May 22, 2023

His life-changing break came after college, after he had retired from modeling and was brokering commercial real estate in Manhattan as an agent for Edward S. Gordon in the early 1990s.

From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2018