National Security and Defense

Two F-35B combat aircraft from the United States Marine Corp depart after re-fueling from an RAF Voyager aircraft over the North Sea on October 08, 2020 in flight, above Scotland.
The New York Times building is seen on November 29, 2006 in New York City. (Stephen Chernin/Getty Images)
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The New York Times building is seen on November 29, 2006 in New York City. (Stephen Chernin/Getty Images)
The Military Sealift Command (MSC) hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) passes the battleship USS Missouri (BB 63) January 11, 2005 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. (Devin Wright/U.S. Navy via Getty Images)
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The Military Sealift Command (MSC) hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) passes the battleship USS Missouri (BB 63) January 11, 2005 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. (Devin Wright/U.S. Navy via Getty Images)
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Seth Cropsey
President, Yorktown Institute
Seth Cropsey
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Edwin Feulner speaks at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland. (Wikimedia Commons)





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Bryan McGrath
Former Deputy Director, Center for American Seapower
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Mackenzie Eaglen
Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
Bryan McGrath & Mackenzie Eaglen
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Rebel fighters inspecting the wreckage of a Syrian army helicopter after Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)'s fighters allegedly destroyed it when they left the Meng Military Airport, Aleppo, March 1, 2014 (MOHAMMED AL-KHATIEB/AFP/Getty Images)
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Rebel fighters inspecting the wreckage of a Syrian army helicopter after Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)'s fighters allegedly destroyed it when they left the Meng Military Airport, Aleppo, March 1, 2014 (MOHAMMED AL-KHATIEB/AFP/Getty Images)
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Aymenn Jaweed al-Tamimi
Shillman-Ginsburg Fellow, Middle East Forum
Aymenn Jaweed al-Tamimi
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Egyptian soldiers are seen standing guard in military vehicles in Cairo's Tahrir square on January 26, 2014 the day after thousands of demonstrators protested in the square. (AHMED TARANH/AFP/Getty Images)
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Egyptian soldiers are seen standing guard in military vehicles in Cairo's Tahrir square on January 26, 2014 the day after thousands of demonstrators protested in the square. (AHMED TARANH/AFP/Getty Images)
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Samuel Tadros
Former Senior Fellow
Samuel Tadros
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