On August 3rd, Ambassador Husain Haqqani appeared on Amanpour on CNN International to discuss Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif being forced from office. Haqqani said that Pakistan is "not a democracy in that leaders are actually voted out."
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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)