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Biden in, Bourita's Trump-era lobbyists out

Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita. © Chadi/Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

Morroco's head diplomat Nasser Bourita has pulled the plug on its contracts with lobbyists led by the Republican-allied JPC Strategies but has yet to appoint a new team more compatible with the Biden administration. [...] (835 words)

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