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US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Japan’s Minister of Defense Shinjiro Koizumi inspect a guard of honor on October 29, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. (Getty Images)
Politics and Government
Politics and Government
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Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), 7th president of the USA, as President-elect, delivering a speech from the driver's seat of his coach on his triumphal journey to Washington, 1828. Engraving from 'Harper's Weekly', 1881 (Universal History Archive/Getty Images)
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Candidates (R-L) Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Jeb Bush, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Ben Carson, N.J. Gov. Chris Christie and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) before the January 28, 2016 debate in Des Moines, Iowa. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) delivers remarks before signing legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act in the Rayburn Room at the U.S. Capitol January 7, 2016 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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The social media room at the Republican presidential debate, hosted by CNN, The Venetian hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, December 15, 2015. (L.E. BASKOW/AFP/Getty Images)
Experts
Bernard Haykel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident), Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Mary Kissel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
