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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)
Domestic Policy
Domestic Policy
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House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, sign the American Rescue Plan Act on the West Front of the Capitol (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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A worker walks at a large scale COVID-19 vaccination site under construction at Cal State Los Angeles on February 12, 2021 in Los Angeles, California (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, U.S. Secretary of State Blinken, Japanese Prime Minister Suga, Foreign Minister Motegi and Defense Minister Kishi on March 16, 2021 (Getty Images)
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Researchers at the UW Medicine Retrovirology Lab at Harborview Medical Center work on samples from the Novavax phase 3 Covid-19 clinical vaccine trials on February 12, 2021 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Karen Ducey/Getty Images)
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A police offers shows heroine/fentanyl that was part of a kit that a woman was preparing to shoot inside a Walmart's bathroom on Sunday, February 10, 2019, in Manchester, NH. (Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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China's President Xi Jinping during the closing session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People on March 11, 2021 (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
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A propaganda billboard depicting Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, China. The sign reads: "We should build a people's army with a good style of work, able to win battles under the command of the Party". (Photo by Andrea Verdelli/Getty Images)
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A pedestrian walks by a now hiring sign at Ross Dress For Less store on April 02, 2021 in San Rafael, California (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Experts
Mary Kissel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Tod Lindberg
Senior Fellow
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
David W. Murray
Senior Fellow
Erin O’Toole
Distinguished Fellow
Steven Quay
Senior Fellow
Nate Sibley
Fellow and Director, Kleptocracy Initiative
