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From Reagan to Obama, presidents have left office with ‘strategic regret’ − will leaving troops in Iraq and Syria be Biden or Trump’s?

  • Written by Charles Walldorf, Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Wake Forest University
From Reagan to Obama, presidents have left office with ‘strategic regret’ − will leaving troops in Iraq and Syria be Biden or Trump’s?A military spouse hugs a U.S. soldier at Joint Base Langley-Eustis ahead of deployment on March 12, 2024. Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images

U.S. presidents often leave the White House expressing “strategic regret” over perceived foreign policy failures.

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