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Buttigieg has been working on the speech for weeks and has assembled a volunteer team of over 100 foreign policy experts, according to a Buttigieg aide. The group is being led by Doug Wilson from @TrumanProject, and includes @nedprice. — PolitiTweet.org

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Buttigieg laid out his comprehensive foreign policy vision on Tuesday, touching on use of force, America's standing in the world, the impact of global climate change, the Israel-Palestinian relationship and dealing with China https://t.co/7Qj3sMiUDo w/ @Phil_Mattingly & @DJJudd — PolitiTweet.org

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Buttigieg on West Bank annexations: I "would take steps to make sure that American taxpayers won’t help foot the bill" He also warned that if nothing changes in the Israel-Palestine relationship, the two sides “well before 2050… will come to see either peace or catastrophe.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Buttigieg also waded into accusations of anti-Semitism against Americans who criticize Israel and Benjamin Netanyahu, saying that just as a patriot in the United States can knock Trump, “a supporter of Israel may oppose the policies of the Israeli right-wing government.” — PolitiTweet.org

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“It is the difference between the necessary response to 9/11 in Afghanistan, and the self-defeating invasion of Iraq,” Buttigieg said. “It is, in short, the difference between Normandy and Saigon.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Buttigieg called for “an exceedingly high bar” on the unilateral use of force, noting that conflicts with Venezuela and Iran do not meet that bar, despite the Trump administration's position on both nations. — PolitiTweet.org

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Buttigieg: "You will not see me exchanging love letters on White House letterhead w/ a brutal dictator who staves his own people. But, you will see my admin work to create the conditions that would make it possible to welcome North Korea into the international community." — PolitiTweet.org

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He said a Buttigieg presidency would “promote American values by working to reverse the rise of authoritarianism abroad,” “must treat climate change as the existential challenge that it is” and “update the institutions for which we engage the world.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Buttigieg says he believes in using force “only… when left with no alternative” and called on the United States to “end to endless war and refocus on future threats.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Buttigieg: "We need a strategy. Not just to deal with individual threats, rivalries, and opportunities, but to manage global trends that will define the balance of this half-century in which my generation will live the majority of our lives." — PolitiTweet.org

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Interesting line: After Buttigieg knocks Trump on foreign policy during is Indiana speech, he adds, "for the better part of my lifetime, it has been difficult to identify a consistent foreign policy in the Democratic Party either." — PolitiTweet.org

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@zackroth Thanks for reading, Zachary. — PolitiTweet.org

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@chrisgolden I’m not a fan. — PolitiTweet.org

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So, who has my sad Drake content? — PolitiTweet.org

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That competitor: Andrew Yang. And there were audible groans in the room when he made the comment. — PolitiTweet.org

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Former Sen. Heidi Heitkamp says DNC debate rules “unfairly target candidates from rural states,” calls on Montana Gov. Bullock to be on the debate stage so Americans can judge “his ideas for our country” — PolitiTweet.org

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CNN Iowa Poll: Nearly 8 in 10 likely caucusgoers want some candidates to drop out https://t.co/EiIsV1s99W via @jennagiesta — PolitiTweet.org

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Harris contend she is fully committed to Iowa. Sunday: "Watch me. I am fully committed to competing in Iowa and working hard to earn the support of the people of this great state." Monday: "I am completely, from day one, committed to Iowa, to the people of Iowa, to being here." — PolitiTweet.org

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Harris is in a unique position: Dems here are impressed w/ her record and many caucusgoers have her on their short list of candidates they would consider supporting. But the sense that she is valuing other states over Iowa is holding back some Iowans from embracing her campaign. — PolitiTweet.org

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Sen. Kamala Harris has a perception problem: Some Iowa Democratic activists, caucusgoers and party chairs believe the California Democrat is overlooking the first-in-the-nation caucus. My story from Harris' Iowa trip: https://t.co/J1dk3iS79e — PolitiTweet.org

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Gillibrand reaches the 65k donor threshold 👇 — PolitiTweet.org

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With 19 speakers allowed just five minutes, each candidate sought to break out before the activist crowd -- usually by hitting Trump in a new or creative way, knocking their Democratic opponents or casting themselves as an entirely different choice. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @merica: Nearly every candidate vying to take on Trump made their pitch to Iowa's most plugged-in Dems on Sunday, looking to set themsel… — PolitiTweet.org

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Nearly every candidate vying to take on Trump made their pitch to Iowa's most plugged-in Dems on Sunday, looking to set themselves apart from the sprawling field in the midst of a swirling carnival of activists & campaign vols https://t.co/QEARXJPvc8 w @ericbradner & @GregJKrieg — PolitiTweet.org

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Majorities of likely Iowa Dem caucus participants: A viable candidate must favor a woman's right to abortion, recognize climate change as humanity's greatest threat, and support restoration of a ban on assault-style weapons, per our new poll https://t.co/WZIhS3KHAq @jennagiesta — PolitiTweet.org

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Sen. Kamala Harris tells an audience in Waterloo that Trump's focus on immigration is "a deflection from the fact he has done nothing to take care of American workers, American famers and American families in the way that he promised and the way he deserved." — PolitiTweet.org

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Hickenlooper levels a charge against the field of Dems: “I am the only person running who has actually done what everyone else is talking about.” “So I can tell you, you don’t do big things with Big Government,” he said. “You do big things by bringing everyone to the table." — PolitiTweet.org

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Andrew Yang knocks Joe Biden for skipping the Hall of Fame dinner: "Joe Biden must really not like to travel." Biden is at his granddaughter's graduation. — PolitiTweet.org

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Gillibrand: "Women are on fire in America today. We have marched, we have organized, we have run for office and we have won. Because of women we flipped the U.S. House of Representative.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Gillibrand also cautiously and without naming him called out Biden’s recent reversals on Hyde. “I don’t think there is room in our party who does not support women’s full reproductive freedom,” she said. — PolitiTweet.org