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Biden Puts Defense of Democracy at Center of Agenda

September 6, 2022 at 8:58 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“It is the element of President Biden’s foreign policy that overlaps most significantly with his domestic agenda: defending democracy,” the New York Times reports.

“His drive to buttress democracy at home and abroad has taken on more urgency as Russia wages war in Ukraine, China expands its power and former President Donald Trump and his Republican supporters attack American democratic norms and fair elections.”

Financial Times: Biden was right to ring the alarm for democracy.

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