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article_snippet.sent: Since then, Franco-U.S. military and diplomatic relations have ebbed and flowed, hitting a recent low point when France opposed the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.
article_snippet.sent: More recently, France resisted, then gave in to pressure from the United States, France NATO ally, to delay the delivery of a helicopter-carrying warship to Russia due to the Ukraine crisis.