How the midterms outcome might shape U.S. foreign policy:
ABC News spoke to foreign policy and national security experts and former officials about how the outcome of the midterms vote might drive the country's foreign policy for the next two years.
"It's the contingent that was most vocally opposed to Ukraine in the first impeachment, that was more skeptical of Volodymyr Zelenskyy -- who is now broadly seen as a pretty heroic figure -- and more friendly to Vladimir Putin, who is coming out of this not just looking like a villain, but looking like an incompetent villain," he said. "So, it's been very embarrassing for them to talk about, but those underlying views haven't really changed.
"They frame themselves more as noninterventionist -- folks who are worried about promoting conflict or exercising too much malign influence overseas," he said, adding that if the tides change in Ukraine during the months to come, those lawmakers may feel embolden and more aggressively advocate for a different approach.
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps military personnel parade under an Iranian Kheibar Shekan Ballistic missile in downtown Tehran during a rally commemorating the International Quds Day, also known as the Jerusalem day, on April 29, 2022.A Republican-dominated Congress could push the Biden administration to pay more attention to another thorn in its side: Iran.
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