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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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Rachel Mackey
Fellow and Executive Director, Hudson Institute Political Studies
H.R. McMaster
Chair of the Advisory Board, Japan Chair
Walter Russell Mead
Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship
