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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on June 22, 2025. (Andrew Harnik via Getty Images)
Visiting Fellow, Brookings Doha Center, Director of the Proxy Wars Initiative, Carnegie Corporation
Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman, Michael Pregent, Eric Brown, Kenneth Pollack, and Ranj Alaaldin discuss Iraq, Kurdistan, and the new U.S. administration.