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Congress Can Do More to Defend U.S. Alliances

Headline via Foreign Policy · first report 13 Nov, 20:02 IST, latest 13 Nov, 20:02 IST

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It should start by expanding defense industrial cooperation and checking Trump’s attempts at coercion.

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