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US President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on March 26, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
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US President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on March 26, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
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Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship
Walter Russell Mead
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U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth gestures as he speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on March 26, 2026 in Washington, DC. This is Trump's second Cabinet meeting of 2026 and the first since the United States and Israel began attacking Iran on February 28. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on March 26, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
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bryan_clark
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Bryan Clark
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