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Divided government is back! After two years of Democratic control of the presidency and both houses of Congress—just barely in the case of the Senate—the 118th Congress that opened yesterday puts Republicans in charge of the U.S. House of Representatives. A single party has controlled the White House and Congress only three times in the last three decades.
So what will divided government mean for U.S. foreign policy? Here are three things to watch. Continue reading The Consequences of Divided Government for U.S. Foreign Policy











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