Politics and Government
Politics and Government
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A Cosco Shipping container ship prepares to dock at Yantai, China, on December 29, 2022. (CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)
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Senator Tom Cotton at Hudson Institute's 2022 Herman Kahn Award Gala in New York, New York, on December 11, 2022.
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![Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi held a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister of Japan H.E. Mr. Fumio Kishida in Tokyo](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-01/12.31%20Nagao_1.jpg?h=1c731a05&itok=1_rh4K3z)
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Narendra Modi and Fumio Kishida meet in Tokyo, Japan, on September 27, 2022. (Flickr)
![Dr. Henry A. Kissinger delivers remarks during an award ceremony hosted by the Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon honoring him for his years of distinguished public service May 9, 2016. Dr. Kissinger was presented with the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service.(DoD photo by Senior Master Sgt. Adrian Cadiz)(Released)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-01/12.26%20Mead%20WSJ.jpg?h=bc816b12&itok=-_8AzJV2)
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Henry Kissinger accepts the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service at the Pentagon on May 9, 2016. (US Secretary of Defense via Flickr)
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(Screenshot via Sky News)
![An epidemic control worker guards the gate of a government quarantine facility on December 7, 2022, in Beijing, China. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2022-12/12.19%20Yu.jpg?h=e53d9e08&itok=EZoJRSv7)
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An epidemic control worker guards the gate of a government quarantine facility on December 7, 2022, in Beijing, China. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
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Jakarta, Indonesia. (Stock Photo)
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A boy stands by the statue of Brigadier General Gouverneur K. Warren atop Little Round Top at the Gettysburg battlefield on July 3, 2005, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
![Joe Biden and Xi Jinping shake hands before meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia, on November 14, 2022. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2022-11/11.16%20Herman.jpg?h=ea8f8a1a&itok=yxVF2T58)
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Joe Biden and Xi Jinping shake hands before meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia, on November 14, 2022. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
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Voters cast their ballots during the US midterm election in Midlothian, Virginia, on November 8, 2022. (Ryan M. Kelly/AFP via Getty Images)
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Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden wave as they board Air Force One at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, on Wednesday, June 9, 2021. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)
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The US Capitol building as seen from the National Mall at dawn on November 8, 2022, in Washington, DC. (Robert Miller/The Washington Post via Getty Images)