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Stacks of Iranian rials and US dollars sit on a table in Tehran, Iran, on August 6, 2025. (Getty Images)
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USS Barry launches a Tomahawk missile in support of Operation Odyssey Dawn March 19, 2011 (Jonathan Sunderman/U.S. Navy via Getty Images)
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The Military Sealift Command (MSC) hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) passes the battleship USS Missouri (BB 63) January 11, 2005 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. (Devin Wright/U.S. Navy via Getty Images)
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Edwin Feulner speaks at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland. (Wikimedia Commons)
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Colonel Don Campbell with members of the U.S. Army Fourth Infantry Division stand prior to the home opener between the Anaheim Angels and the Texas Rangers, April 9, 2004 in Arlington, Texas. (Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
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A picture taken on March 2, 2014 shows the US and NATO flags in the wind at the NATO headquarters in Brussels. (GEORGES GOBET/AFP/Getty Images)
Experts
David Byrd
Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Bryan Clark
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Jack David
Senior Fellow and Trustee
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
