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How Trump's dealmaker is shaping U.S. foreign policy

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Steve Witkoff , 67 , is the president's Middle East envoy.

He's also Trump 's point man for talks the president wants to have with Iran to try to reach a new nuclear deal later this year .

He helped persuade Russian President Vladimir Putin to release U.S. teacher Marc Fogel after talks in Moscow .

Trump often used Witkoff 's Gulfstream G6 jet during the campaign, including when the Secret Service feared that Trump 's jet would be targeted by Iranian assassins.

Trump came to appreciate that, unlike others in Trumpworld , Witkoffs wasn't seeking fame.

" Steve has stayed loyal and asked for nothing," an administration official said.

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