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President Joe Biden waits to speak about foreign policy at the State Department in Washington on Jan. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

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n this Jan. 23, 2015 photo, Diane DeMers, of DeKalb, Ill., sits at home with her adopted children Pooja Ballantine, center, and Keerti Ballantine. DeMers made two trips to India to adopt the two. Pooja, now 22, was adopted in 2002 at the age of 10, and Keerti, 21, was adopted in 1996 when he was two. American citizens adopt thousands of international children every year, according to data from the U.S. State Department. (AP Photo/Daily Chronicle, Monica Synett) CHICAGO TRIBUNE OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT

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