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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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President Abraham Lincoln stands with Gen. George B. McClellan and other officers in Antietam, Maryland, on October 3, 1862. (Library of Congress via Wikimedia Commons)
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An F/A-18E Super Hornet lands on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the South China Sea on June 5, 2025. (US Navy)
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President Donald Trump boards Air Force One on September 7, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland. (Getty Images)
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US Chief of Protocol Monica Crowley greets European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the White House before a meeting with President Donald Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky on August 18, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee via Getty Images)
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Sunrise behind the US Capitol illuminates Pennsylvania Avenue on October 26, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
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A general view of the shipping port in Keelung, Taiwan, on August 1, 2025. (I-Hwa Cheng via Getty Images)
Experts
Bernard Haykel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident), Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Mary Kissel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
