Senate panel rebuffs Trump administration ‘doctrine of retreat’

Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., had a leading role in crafting the spending package for foreign policy and State Department initiatives. File photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDiggerWASHINGTON — A bipartisan Senate panel issued a stinging critique of President Donald Trump’s foreign policy approach, accusing the administration of adopting an “apparent doctrine of retreat.”
The Senate Appropriations Committee last week unanimously approved a $51.2 billion spending package for foreign p