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There seems to be this special dispensation in American foreign policy that, as long as you are wrong on the side of more military force, then all is forgiven.

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  1. adjective Located away from one's native country: on business in a foreign city.
  2. adjective Of, characteristic of, or from a place or country other than the one being considered: a foreign custom.
  3. adjective Conducted or involved with other nations or governments; not domestic: foreign trade.
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  • Rep. Laura Richardson (D-Ca.) said Castro was receptive to President Obama's message of turning the page in American foreign policy. —  Latest Articles
  • - Barack Obama will mark a radical break in American foreign policy this week by unveiling a team of diplomats tasked with ushering in a new era of dialogue with enemies abroad. —  Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now
  • There seems to be this special dispensation in American foreign policy that, as long as you are wrong on the side of more military force, then all is forgiven. —  Think Progress
  • He represents, he said, a new day in American foreign policy, and he pledged that the United States will listen more and dictate less and will seek to lead on issues like climate change. —  tennessean.com - Top News from The Tennessean, MUSIC CITY U.S.A
  • The third change was in Russian foreign policy, where the tone was now also different. —  EUobserver.com - Headline News
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English forein, from Old French forain, from Late Latin forānus, on the outside, from Latin forās, outside; see dhwer- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also forreign (as in sovereign, the g is a modern insertion, prob. due to a confused association with reign; the reg. modern form would be *forain or *foren); from Middle English foren, forene, forein, foreyn, forayn, from Old French forain, forein, French forain = Provencal foraneo = Spanish foráneo = Italian foraneo, foreign, strange, alien, from Middle Latin foraneus, outside, exterior (as a noun, applied to a canon not in residence, a peddler, etc.), from Latin foras, out of doors, from foris, commonly in plural fores, a door, gate, = English door, q. v.; connected with forum, q. v.
 

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