On What Really Matters, Walter Russell Mead discusses President Donald Trump’s plans for Gaza, buying out the Central Intelligence Agency bureaucracy, the problems of the NGO complex, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) controversy.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth greets Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Christopher Cavoli before the North Atlantic Council meeting of defense ministers on February 13, 2025, in Brussels, Belgium. (Omar Havana via Getty Images)