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Democratic Hopefuls Are Embracing a Key Piece of Trump’s Agenda

Even as the president’s own commitment to nonintervention wavers, his 2020 rivals are shifting to oppose more wars.
Source: Rick Wilking / Reuters

On Monday, the Senate that U.S. troops should stay in Syria, a country where it has never authorized military force, and Afghanistan. There are “continuing threats from terrorist groups operating in Syria and Afghanistan,” 70 senators affirmed, adding that “the precipitous withdrawal of United States forces from either country could

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