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Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes US Special Envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner before their talks in Moscow on September 5, 2026. (Getty Images)
US Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent and Howard Lutnick, US President Donald Trump's nominee for commerce secretary, stand behind him as he speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on February 3, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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A flag outside of the United States Agency for International Development headquarters is seen on February 3, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch via Getty Images)
Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat, US President Jimmy Carter, and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin sit together outside the White House on March 26, 1979. (Wally McNamee/Corbis via Getty Images)