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New York Times: Biden signals break with Trump foreign policy in a wide-ranging State Dept. speech

Published Feb. 5, 2021 at 5:57 am

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks after signing an executive order related to American manufacturing in the South Court Auditorium of the White House complex on Jan. 25, 2021, in Washington, DC.

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President Biden on Thursday ordered an end to arms sales and other support to Saudi Arabia for a war in Yemen that he called a “humanitarian and strategic catastrophe” and declared that the United States would no longer be “rolling over in the face of Russia’s aggressive actions.”