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Border patrol officers pull barbed wires as immigrants wait at the United States border on March 20, 2024, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. (Christian Torres/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Visiting Fellow, Perry World House
Melissa Flagg is a visiting fellow at the Perry World House, a fellow at the Acquisition Innovation Research Center, and an advisor to the Andrew W. M
Melissa Flagg is a visiting fellow at the Perry World House, a fellow at the Acquisition Innovation Research Center, and an advisor to the Andrew W. Marshall Foundation. She is also a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research with over fifteen years in defense research and engineering.