Foreign Affairs
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America and its International Commitments
One of the biggest objections to the Iran Nuclear Deal is that it violated U.S. law because it was never approved by two-thirds of the Senate, as required by the “Treaty Clause” (Art. II, Sec. 2) of the U.S. Constitution. (Contrary to the beliefs of many red-blooded Americans, the Constitution gives ratified treaties the same… Continue reading
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America’s Most Enduring Foreign Relationship
America’s longest unbroken foreign relationship is with Morocco, which was technically the first country to recognize the U.S. as an independent nation. Sultan Muhammad III—who had just consolidated his reign after years of instability and turmoil—wanted to establish fruitful trade relations; so, in 1777, just as the American Revolution was heating up, he declared Morocco’s… Continue reading
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