WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Democratic senators have sparred over a wide range of the Trump administration’s foreign policies: Ukraine and Russia, the Middle East, Latin America, the slashing of the U.S. foreign assistance budget, refugee admissions and more. At a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing Tuesday, Rubio defended the administration’s decisions, saying “America is back.” He claimed four months of foreign policy achievements, even as many of them remain inconclusive. Among them, the resumption of nuclear talks with Iran, efforts to bring Russia and Ukraine into peace talks, and efforts to end to the war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas.
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