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An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III ICBM launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
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Politics and Government
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Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures during a campaign rally in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on November 4, 2024. (Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images)
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Donald Trump gather for a meeting on September 27, 2024, in New York City. (Alex Kent via Getty Images)
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A panoramic view of the White House in Washington, DC, on November 4, 2024. (STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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People cast their ballots for the general election in Howell, Michigan, on November 3, 2024. (Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images)
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A 1912 illustration from Puck magazine shows Theodore Roosevelt passing between two rows of kings, emperors, military leaders, statesmen, and others. (Udo Keppler via Library of Congress)
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Stickers sit on a table during in-person absentee voting on November 1, 2024, in Little Chute, Wisconsin. (Scott Olson via Getty Images)
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A television news screen in Seoul, South Korea, on March 17, 2023, shows a picture of North Korea's test-firing of a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile. (Jung Yeon-je/AFP via Getty Images)
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Former US President Donald Trump points to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer as he speaks on October 17, 2024, in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago 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
