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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is welcomed by Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa at Carondelet Palace in Quito on September 9, 2026. (Getty Images)
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An F-35A Lightning II operates out of Pituffik Space Base in Greenland on September 10, 2026. (US Air National Guard)
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a conference as part of an official visit to Ecuador at Carondelet Palace on September 9, 2026, in Quito, Ecuador. (Getty Images)
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An employee handles 155 mm caliber shells after the manufacturing process at the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant (SCAAP) in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on April 16, 2024. (Getty Images)
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers a speech at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on September 17, 2026. (Getty Images)
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People gather around the John Harvard Statue on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on April 15, 2025. (Getty Images)
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