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Vice President Kamala Harris (left) and Secretary of State Antony Blinken (right) listen as US President Joe Biden delivers a speech on foreign policy
US PRESIDENT Joe Biden sought to put the Trump era behind him with a major foreign policy speech on Thursday, declaring “America is back. Diplomacy is back.”
Mr Biden committed to maintain US dominance internationally, condemning the “growing ambitions of China to rival the United States.” He cancelled Trump-era plans to withdraw US troops from Germany.
But in a move welcomed by peace campaigners he slammed the “humanitarian catastrophe” caused by the Saudi Arabian war on Yemen, which it has fought with logistical assistance and weaponry from the US and Britain.
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