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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)
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National Security and Defense
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Kashmiri protesters hold Azad Kashmir and Pakistani National flag during a protest, on August 16, 2019 in Srinagar, India. (Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei leads the Eid al-Fitr Prayer at Grand Prayer Grounds in Tehran, Iran on June 26, 2017. (Getty Images)
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Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan | File photo: Asad Zaidi/Bloomberg
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An Afghan Commando keeps an eye on the horizon at the end of the day in Pesaw village, Bala Balouk district, Farah province, Afghanistan, May 21, 2018. (NATO photo by Lt. Amy Forsythe)
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Vandenberg Air Force Base ICBM test launch May 3, 2017 (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Daniel Brosam)
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David Asher
Senior Fellow
William P. Barr
Distinguished Fellow
