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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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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (3rd L) speaks with (L-R) Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO), Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) and Sen. John Thune (R-SD) at the Capitol in Washington, DC, January 10, 2017. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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A tram passes the giant Euro symbol outside the headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) on January 8, 2013 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. (Hannelore Foerster/Getty Images)
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US President Donald Trump celebrates after his speech during the Presidential Inauguration at the US Capitol on January 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Saul Loeb - Pool/Getty Images)
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Capitol Building, Washington, D.C. (John Woodworth/robertharding/Getty Images)
In the Media
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Central Intelligence Agency Director John Brennan arrives to testify before the Senate (Select) Intelligence Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill January 10, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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Rex Tillerson, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of State, testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee January 11, 2017 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Experts
Bernard Haykel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident), Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Mary Kissel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
