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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., (right), speaks to Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, following an April 29 news conference on the Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act. Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images hide caption
Former President Donald Trump spoke at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va., on his first full day in office, Jan. 21, 2017. But he had difficult relations with the intelligence community throughout his presidency. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
Then-Defense Secretary Mark Esper testifies during a House Armed Services Committee hearing in July 2020 in Washington, D.C. Greg Nash/Getty Images hide caption
Head of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Mariano Grossi, left, and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian pictured meeting in Tehran, on Tuesday. Grossi pressed for greater access in the Islamic Republic ahead of diplomatic talks restarting over Tehran's tattered nuclear deal with world powers. Vahid Salemi/AP hide caption
Republican Nancy Mace is one of five U.S. lawmakers on a one-day surprise visit to Taiwan, the American Institute in Taiwan, the de facto embassy, announced. Mic Smith/AP hide caption
In this photo provided by the Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during a virtual plenary session of the ASEAN-China Special Summit, Monday November 22. Richard Madelo/AP hide caption
A TSA employee screens travelers at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Ga., November 2007. TSA is expecting to screen 20 million travelers this Thanksgiving season. Chris Rank/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Armed participants walk at a Proud Boys rally with other right-wing demonstrators in September 2020 in Portland, Ore. Far-right groups celebrated the verdict in the Rittenhouse trial. John Locher/AP hide caption
For far-right groups, Rittenhouse's acquittal is a cause for celebration
President Biden pumps his fists after getting a medical checkup as he departs Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., on Friday. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The covert effort to disrupt the 2020 election was publicly unmasked in October of last year when FBI Director Chris Wray and others held a news conference to say the authorities were aware of the Iranian actions. Now, two Iranians have been charged. Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images hide caption
After reviewing the CIA's priorities, Director William Burns recently announced the establishment of a China Mission Center at the spy agency. U.S. intelligence officials, current and former, recently spoke at a conference about the challenges posed by China's large spying operation directed at the U.S. Ian Morton/NPR hide caption
The International Space Station shown in orbit in 2011. Astronauts aboard the station were ordered to briefly take shelter after Russia conducted an orbital test of an anti-satellite missile that spewed potentially dangerous debris into orbit. NASA/Getty Images hide caption
The FBI acknowledges that fake emails came from FBI email addresses. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Stella Moris, fiancée of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, arrives at the High Court of England and Wales, in London, last month. Guy Smallman/Getty Images hide caption
Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger, pictured in 2019, says that the goal behind the service's new changes is to develop a corps that reflects America. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
The Marine Corps is reinventing itself to reflect America, says top general
Retired Brigadier Gen. Clara Adams-Ender, the first woman to receive her master's degree in military arts and sciences from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College holds a signed photo of Gen. Colin Powell, the first African American chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Michael A. McCoy for NPR hide caption
Black veterans remember Colin Powell and offer him a final salute for the ages
Rioters take to the steps of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. An NPR analysis found more Capitol riot defendants may have ties to the Oath Keepers, a far-right group, than was previously known. Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images hide caption
Capitol riot suspects had more ties to Oath Keepers than previously known
After placing flowers, a person in military uniform salutes at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Tyrone Turner/DCist/ WAMU hide caption
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case centered on the FBI's surveillance of mosques after 9/11. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and his wife Zinash Tayachew take part in a memorial service for the victims of the Tigray conflict organized by the city administration, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Wednesday. Ethiopian Prime Ministry Office Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption
A demonstrator wears a badge for the extremist group the Oath Keepers on a protective vest during a protest outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., the day before the Capitol siege. Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Active-duty police in major U.S. cities appear on purported Oath Keepers rosters
The submarine USS Connecticut, pictured in 2016. Its top officers have lost their jobs over an undersea collision in October. Thiep Van Nguyen II/U.S. Navy via AP hide caption
From Warsaw with Love: Polish Spies, the CIA, and the Forging of an Unlikely Alliance, by John Pomfret Henry Holt & Co. hide caption
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (from left), French President Emmanuel Macron, German outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Biden meet in Rome to discuss renewed talks over the Iran nuclear deal. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption