foreign affairs
plural noun
: matters having to do with international relations and with the interests of the home country in foreign countries
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Based in Washington, D.C., Brennan is also the Network's chief foreign affairs correspondent and a contributing correspondent to 60 Minutes.
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Margaret Brennan, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2025
Elizabeth Shackelford is senior policy director at Dartmouth College’s Dickey Center for International Understanding and a foreign affairs columnist for the Chicago Tribune.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
What to Know Trump's letter was delivered to Iran by the United Arab Emirates' minister of state for foreign affairs, Anwar Gargash.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
Steve Witkoff, Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, who has taken on a sprawling foreign affairs portfolio, landed in Russia on Thursday to meet with Putin.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 14 Mar. 2025
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Margaret Brennan, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2025
Elizabeth Shackelford is senior policy director at Dartmouth College’s Dickey Center for International Understanding and a foreign affairs columnist for the Chicago Tribune.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
What to Know Trump's letter was delivered to Iran by the United Arab Emirates' minister of state for foreign affairs, Anwar Gargash.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
Steve Witkoff, Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, who has taken on a sprawling foreign affairs portfolio, landed in Russia on Thursday to meet with Putin.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Foreign affairs.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreign%20affairs. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.
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