Allies Wonder If They Can Count on America as Imbroglio Engulfs Congress and Exposes Weakness in Foreign Policy

Could things come full circle back to George Washington’s Farewell Address, warning against entangling ‘our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice?’

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President Biden and the Philippines' president, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., at the White House, May 1, 2023. Leah Millis/pool via AP)

The imbroglio in the House exposes a weakness in American foreign policy. Who can trust American assurances of military support in a crisis when all the promises risk falling apart, if not at the hands of an obstreperous faction in Congress, then in the 2024 elections for president and a new Congress?

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