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Spotlight UNITED STATES Issue dated 02/12/2020

CIA awaits Biden's marching orders on China, Saudi Arabia, and UAE

With Joe Biden's election, the CIA is on the same page as the White House and the House of Representatives for the first time in four years. [...] (534 words)

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