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Joe Biden uttered the word Africa exactly once in his first address to a joint session of congress, marking the vaunted presidential cliché of his first 100 Days in office. It was a tangential reference, but its context, implications – and what Biden
didn’t say – were somewhat instructive:
After 20 years of American valor and sacrifice, it’s time to bring our troops home…But make no mistake – the terrorist threat has evolved beyond Afghanistan since 2001 and we will remain vigilant against threats to the United States, wherever they come from. Al Qaeda and ISIS are in Yemen, Syria, Somalia, and