Washington — President Joe Biden is halting or reversing a slew of foreign policy initiatives from the Trump administration, including support for a Saudi-led offensive in Yemen that turned into a humanitarian disaster and troop drawdowns in Germany.

Biden is ordering the Pentagon to undertake a full review of the US military posture worldwide, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Thursday at the White House. That includes freezing former president Donald Trump’s plan to withdraw about 9,500 soldiers from Germany — a move that stunned European allies and generated bipartisan protest in Congress...

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