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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)
National Security and Defense
National Security and Defense
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A Long March-5 rocket, carrying an orbiter, lander and rover as part of the Tianwen-1 mission to Mars, lifts off from the Wenchang Space Launch Centre in southern China's Hainan Province on July 23, 2020.
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This picture released by the official website of the Iranian Defense Ministry on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, is said to show the launching of the "Martyr Hajj Qassem" missile in an undisclosed location in Iran.
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A young man holding a smartphone casts a shadow as he walks past an advertisement for social media company TikTok on September 21, 2020
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The Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Pennsylvania (SSBN 735) sails toward its home port of Naval Base Kitsap after a strategic deterrent patrol
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Two US-made F-16 fighters in the air during an scramble take off at the eastern Hualien air force base on January 23, 2013. The Taiwan air force demonstrated their combat skills at the Hualien air base during an annual training before the coming lunar new
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People visit Huawei booth during 2019 World 5G Convention at Beijing Etrong International Exhibition & Convention Center on November 21, 2019 in Beijing, China. 2019 World 5G Convention is held from November 20-23 in Beijing.
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Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen gestures to a US official as US Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar and director of the American of Institute in Taiwan, Brent Christensen, look on during their visit to the Presidential Office in Taipei
Experts
David Asher
Senior Fellow
William P. Barr
Distinguished Fellow
