domestic policy

Noun

Meaning

domestic policy (countable and uncountable, plural domestic policies)

A government's policy relating to issues and activity within a nation's borders.

Alternative names

domestic-policy

Antonyms

Examples

Well, I just had the opportunity to have an excellent conversation with President-elect Trump. It was wide-ranging. We talked about some of the organizational issues in setting up a White House. We talked about foreign policy. We talked about domestic policy. Barack Obama

Domestic policy can only defeat us; foreign policy can kill us. John F. Kennedy

He's the president of the United States. He's got to work 14 to 16 hours a day, run foreign and domestic policy. If he's got time for mistresses after all that, what the hell difference does it make? Pierre Salinger

Foreign policy is really domestic policy with its hat on. Hubert Humphrey

If I become president, France will not continue with the same policies as under Nicolas Sarkozy - both in domestic policy and in foreign and European policy. François Hollande

So, I'm lying on the couch and Laura walks in and I say, 'Free at last,' and she says 'You're free all right, you're free to do the dishes.' So I say, 'You're talking to the former president, baby,' and she said, 'consider this your new domestic policy agenda.' George W. Bush

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