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United States Special Envoy to Iraq, Mark Savaya. (Graphic: Kurdistan24)

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. (Graphics: Kurdistan24)

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U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. (AFP)

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Japanese Minister of Defense Shinjiro Koizumi, L, and Australian counterpart Richard Marles, review an honor guard ahead of a bilateral meeting at the defense ministry Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, in Tokyo. (AP)

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A Russian Sukhoi Su-35 jet performs during MAKS-2009 in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow, Russia, on Aug. 21, 2009. (AP)

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