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The article presents conversations between two C.I.A. agents concerning the situation in the Middle East, between two U.S. senators took place in the Senate cloakroom, between two members of the House of Representatives concerning the recent budget negotiations took place outside the House chamber. One of the C.I.A agents stated that the main danger for America in the Middle East, I think, is to be perceived as a paper Tigris. He further stated that it did not look good for the President, in the midst of this crisis, to be off playing Gulf.