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A see-off ceremony for newly recruited soldiers is held on September 16, 2025, in Fuyang, China. (Getty Images)
Politics and Government
Politics and Government
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An unarmed Minuteman II intercontinental ballistic missile launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. (USAF/Getty Images)
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A Federal law enforcement agent carries a pile of marijuana plants seized during a raid of a medicinal marijuana club June 22, 2005 in San Franciso, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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U.S. Army soldiers from the 2-82 Field Artillery, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, one of the last American combat units to exit from Iraq on December 15, 2011. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel (C) speaks as President Barack Obama (L) and Vice President Joe Biden look on during a press conference announcing Hagel's resignation, November 24, 2014. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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Experts
Bernard Haykel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident), Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Mary Kissel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
