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Foreign Policy
The outgoing president is purging agencies to expand his influence, and Biden's team can do little to limit Trump's behaviour toward Iran, Afghanistan and more.
Iran says new sanctions targeting the Ayatollah and other top officials spell the "permanent closure" of diplomacy.
After voting for the Iraq War, Biden tried to drastically reorganize the country along ethnic and sectarian lines and helped lay the groundwork for ISIS to thrive.
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