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Two F-35B combat aircraft from the United States Marine Corp depart after re-fueling from an RAF Voyager aircraft over the North Sea on October 08, 2020 in flight, above Scotland.
US President Barack Obama (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) hold a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G8 summit at the Lough Erne resort near Enniskillen in Northern Ireland, on June 17, 2013. (JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
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US President Barack Obama (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) hold a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G8 summit at the Lough Erne resort near Enniskillen in Northern Ireland, on June 17, 2013. (JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
A nun reacts to the scene of a bomb explosion at the Saint Peter and Saint Paul Coptic Orthodox Church on December 11, 2016, in Cairo's Abbasiya neighbourhood. (KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)
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A nun reacts to the scene of a bomb explosion at the Saint Peter and Saint Paul Coptic Orthodox Church on December 11, 2016, in Cairo's Abbasiya neighbourhood. (KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)
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Former Senior Fellow
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U.S. President Barack Obama with King Salman bin Abd alAziz of Saudi Arabia during a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office of the White House September 4, 2015 in Washington, DC. (Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images)
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U.S. President Barack Obama with King Salman bin Abd alAziz of Saudi Arabia during a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office of the White House September 4, 2015 in Washington, DC. (Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images)
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Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Islam, Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World
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Former Senior Vice President
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