The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant.
A representative of the Iranian students holds up a portrait of a blindfolded American hostage during a press conference in the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Nov. 5, 1979. | AP Photo Iranians storm U.S. Embassy, Nov. 4, 1979
The decision by 47 Republican senators to send a letter explaining to Iranian leaders some of the basics of how the U.S. conducts international diplomacy touched off a political brawl, but also pulled back the curtain on the complex constitutional power the U.S. government has exercised since the 1780s.