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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.
CIA Director Gen. Davis Petraeus shakes hands with biographer Paula Broadwell on July 13, 2011. (ISAF via Getty Images)
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CIA Director Gen. Davis Petraeus shakes hands with biographer Paula Broadwell on July 13, 2011. (ISAF via Getty Images)
Members of the jihadist group Al-Nusra Front fire homemade mortar rounds during fighting with government forces on February 8, 2014 in the Syrian village of Aziza, on the southern outskirts of Aleppo. (BARAA AL-HALABI/AFP/Getty Images)
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Members of the jihadist group Al-Nusra Front fire homemade mortar rounds during fighting with government forces on February 8, 2014 in the Syrian village of Aziza, on the southern outskirts of Aleppo. (BARAA AL-HALABI/AFP/Getty Images)
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Principal, Uticensis Risk Services
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Egyptian students who support the Muslim Brotherhood run from tear gas fired by riot police during clashes following a demonstration outside Cairo University on March 26, 2014. (KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)
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Egyptian students who support the Muslim Brotherhood run from tear gas fired by riot police during clashes following a demonstration outside Cairo University on March 26, 2014. (KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)
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Research Fellow, George Washington University's Program on Extremism
Former Senior Fellow
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