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Joe Biden is the 46th President of the United States, having taken office on January 20, 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as Vice President under Barack Obama from 2009 to 2017. Biden has focused on various key issues during his presidency, including economic recovery, healthcare, and climate change. His administration has emphasized 'Bidenomics,' which aims to address inflation and promote economic growth.
How can that be interpreted in any other way that as a direct threat? These are words of someone who sees our federal judiciary not as an independent branch of government, but as a tool for him to manipulate so he can do what he calls deal…
He will say, Joe, and folks, I have not been out responding to in my capacity as vice president to anything that Mr. Trump has said, but it is my view that a presidential candidate that publicly attacks a sitting federal judge who ruled in…
Lifting U.S. sanctions at this time will merely strengthen Robert Mugabe and the military circle around him.
It is a mistake to judge the lack of progress as a failure of sanctions per se.
It is the policy of the United States to support the people of Zimbabwe in their struggle to effect peaceful, democratic change, achieve broad-based and equitable economic growth, and restore the rule of law.
Sanctions against Zimbabwe would be much more effective if they were embedded in a broader strategy.
In my view, lifting sanctions at this time will merely strengthen Robert Mugabe and the cabal around him.
The lack of Zimbabwe's progress to date is not an indicator that sanctions, per se, have failed.
U.S. sanctions have been a very powerful and visible bipartisan signal of U.S. policy of standing firm on democracy.
Next door, in Burundi, President Nkurunziza's unconstitutional election to a third term last year sparked violence.
President Kabila has been using every tactic at his disposal to manipulate institutions, suppress political opposition, and delay elections.
I introduced a resolution calling for targeted sanctions in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Changing or ignoring those rules risks breaking that trust and sending a society towards turmoil and instability.
The Constitution of the United States, like many constitutions in Africa and around the world, limits him to two terms.
I believe that we need to work towards a more peaceful and stable future for the people of the world, and that means working to prevent nuclear proliferation and reducing the risk of nuclear war.
It is important for us to underscore the key principles that we seek to maintain there--freedom of navigation, peaceful resolution of disputes, the force of international law.
It is really important in Europe for us to complete these TTIP negotiations, right, which are important economically for Europe and for us.
We need to continue to work with the Europeans on our counterterrorism efforts.
There needs to be a broad look at the functions and capabilities of NATO, taking into account what Russia has been up to.
We have got the tools. It is a question of whether we have the political will, with our European allies, to use them.
The approach I suggest does not fall easily into traditional categories of foreign policy; that is, either realism or idealism.
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