The Trump administration deserves credit for focusing more attention on the Western Hemisphere as a natural strategic home base for the United States, though care must be taken not to shoehorn policy entirely through the prism of counter-narcotics and should include development assistance.

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Bill Burns

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the this administration's credit that they've focused more attention on the Western Hemisphere...we have to be careful that we don't shoehorn too much in the Western Hemisphere through the prism of counter narcotics

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William J. Burns: America in a World of Upheaval | Foreign Affairs InterviewForeign Affairs
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:46:13 PM

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