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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)
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A new type of 300 millimeter wafer with semiconductor chips and finished microchips of the semiconductor German manufacturer Bosch are seen in Dresden, eastern Germany on May 31, 2021 (Photo by JENS SCHLUETER/AFP via Getty Images)
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The flag of Iran is seen in front of the building of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Headquarters ahead of a press conference by Rafael Grossi, Director General of the IAEA, about the agency's monitoring of Iran's nuclear energy program on M
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U.S. president Joe Biden (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet during the U.S.-Russia summit at Villa La Grange on June 16, 2021 in Geneva, Switzerland. (Photo by Peter Klaunzer - Pool/Keystone via Getty Images)
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Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) speaks alongside Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS), Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KN) at a news conference to discuss the origins of COVID-19 on June 10, 2021 in Washington, DC (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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The US Legend-class national security Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton is seen in the port of Odessa on the Black Sea after conducting joint exercises according to NATO standards with the Ukrainian Navy ship Starobelsk on May 11, 2021 in Odessa, Ukraine (Photo
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President Joe Biden speaks at the Pentagon February 10, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Brandon - Pool/Getty Images)
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A researcher displays a silicon wafer, an essential material used in the production of semiconductors and other technologies critical to US national security. (Getty Images)
Experts
David Asher
Senior Fellow
William P. Barr
Distinguished Fellow
