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John James: “Turning the tide of decades of failed foreign policies with…”

Featuring: John James, Republican | U.S. House, Michigan, District 10

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U.S. Congressman John James, Chair of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee on Africa

Published | Video Starts at 09:02

In closing, the United States must be a reliable and valued partner to many on the african continent. But more must be done to counter China's decades long attempt to export its authoritarian government's model to the continent. Turning the tide of decades of failed foreign policies with each administration in the 21st century is not going to be an easy task. But as JFK said, this will not be finished in the first hundred days. But today marks the 101st of a republican leadership in Congress. It's a new era. (09:02–09:11)

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Asserts that reversing decades of failed U.S. foreign policies in Africa will be difficult.

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