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Mourners attend the funeral of Iran's President in Tehran on May 22, 2024. (Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images)
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Mourners attend the funeral of Iran's president in Tehran on May 22, 2024. (Hadis Faghiri/Fars News Agency via Getty Images)
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Michael R. Pompeo
Former Distinguished Fellow
Mike Pence
Forty-Eighth Vice President of the United States
Michael R. Pompeo & Mike Pence
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Israelis looks at a full lunar eclipse from Jerusalem’s Mount Scopus on December 10, 2011. (Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images.)
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Israelis looks at a full lunar eclipse from Jerusalem’s Mount Scopus on December 10, 2011. (Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images.)
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Arthur Herman
Former Senior Fellow
Arthur Herman
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Secretary Antony J. Blinken speaks to families and supporters of the hostages held by Hamas outside a hotel in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 1, 2024. (Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy)
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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken speaks to families and supporters of the hostages held by Hamas outside a hotel in Tel Aviv, Israel, on May 1, 2024. (Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy)
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mike_watson
Fellow and Deputy Director, Center for Strategy and American Statecraft
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