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Daily Beast Contributors Weigh In on CBS News/National Journal Foreign-Policy Debate

From China to Europe, the Republican candidates sparred over foreign policy at Saturday night’s debate. Michelle Goldberg, Jacob Heilbrunn, and more Daily Beast contributors weigh in.

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The GOP’s Foreign Aid FallacyBy Michael TomaskyRick Perry remembered what he wanted to say about foreign aid, at least, so that was a plus, but his idea of starting every country at zero is silly and demagogic, and not just because of Israel.

Nativist politicians have always bashed foreign aid, of...

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