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Aug 2023
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US Foreign Policy Scorecard

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Foreign policy has been a central focus of the Biden Administration. Now, nearly three years into the administration, Georgetown's Rosa Brooks, AEI's Kori Schake, and the New York Times's David Sanger join David to assess what has worked, what we can do better, and what we can expect in the year ahead.

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