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September 9, 2012

Democrats Now the Foreign Policy Party

Fred Kaplan, Slate

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The conventions these past two weeks—and particularly the final speeches Thursday night—have cemented the fact that the Democratic party is now the party of national-security policy; not just a wise or thoughtful foreign and military policy, but any kind of thinking whatsoever about matters beyond the water’s edge.

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