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US sailors conduct routine maintenance on a jet blast deflector on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz on July 9, 2025. (US Navy)
National Security and Defense
National Security and Defense
In the Media
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(Samra Kesinovic and Sabina Selimovic in a photo they posted online)
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(Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
Commentary
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This handout image supplied by the Iran International Photo Agency shows a view of the reactor building at the Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant as the first fuel is loaded, on August 21, 2010 in Bushehr, southern Iran. (IIPA via Getty Images)
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Policemen survey the area where a man tried to shoot Lars Hedegaard, February 5, 2013 in Copenhagen. (CLAUS BECH/AFP/Getty Images)
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(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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An MQ-9 Reaper flies by August 8, 2007 at Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, Nevada.(Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
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Alleged Islamic State (IS) militants stand next to an IS flag atop a hill in the Syrian town of Ain al-Arab, on October 6, 2014. (ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images)
Experts
David Asher
Senior Fellow
William P. Barr
Distinguished Fellow
