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Violence tests Biden's pullback from Middle East hotspots

by Ellen Knickmeyer
| May 22, 2021 12:03 AM

Surges in violence and scenes of civilian suffering are testing President Joe Biden’s resolve to wrench America’s foreign policy focus and troops away from the hotspots of the Middle East and Afghanistan, and giving ammunition to Biden’s political rivals at home.

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