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Tom Steyer said Donald Trump had no strategy in the Middle East. AFP
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From left to right: Democratic presidential hopefuls Tom Steyer, Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar participate in the seventh Democratic primary debate in Des Moines, Iowa. AFP
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Joseph Biden, called the situation with Iran “a crisis of Donald Trump’s own making.” AP Photo
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Amy Klobuchar said “Trump is taking us pell-mell into another war." AFP
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Elizabeth Warren advocated withdrawing all combat troops from the region and Afghanistan. AFP
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Bernie Sanders stressed “the need to work with the international community to reestablish the Iran Nuclear Deal”. AFP
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Pete Buttigieg added that the Trump exit from the deal “set off the chain of events that we’re now dealing with as it escalates even closer to the brink of outright war." AFP
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Tom Steyer said Donald Trump had no strategy in the Middle East. AFP
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From left to right: Democratic presidential hopefuls Tom Steyer, Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar participate in the seventh Democratic primary debate in Des Moines, Iowa. AFP
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Joseph Biden, called the situation with Iran “a crisis of Donald Trump’s own making.” AP Photo
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Amy Klobuchar said “Trump is taking us pell-mell into another war." AFP
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Elizabeth Warren advocated withdrawing all combat troops from the region and Afghanistan. AFP
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Bernie Sanders stressed “the need to work with the international community to reestablish the Iran Nuclear Deal”. AFP
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Pete Buttigieg added that the Trump exit from the deal “set off the chain of events that we’re now dealing with as it escalates even closer to the brink of outright war." AFP
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Tom Steyer said Donald Trump had no strategy in the Middle East. AFP
The road to the US presidential elections: the remaining Democratic candidates
We look at the candidates still in the race to become the Democratic nominee for November's election
Andrew Brennan
10 March, 2020
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