 <div class="research-card research-card--article"> <div class="research-card__image "> <div class="media media--image"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2024-01/8190679.jpg?h=2b0deddb&amp;itok=_kjBAQMx 480w, /sites/default/files/styles/16_9_md/public/2024-01/8190679.jpg?h=2b0deddb&amp;itok=Md6V1-7L 768w, /sites/default/files/styles/16_9_lg/public/2024-01/8190679.jpg?h=2b0deddb&amp;itok=a1c6fO_O 1024w, /sites/default/files/styles/16_9_xl/public/2024-01/8190679.jpg?h=2b0deddb&amp;itok=rud0kTAV 1920w" sizes="(min-width:1920px) 1920px, 100%" width="100%" height="auto" src="/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2024-01/8190679.jpg?h=2b0deddb&amp;itok=_kjBAQMx" alt="The world's largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford transits the Strait of Gibraltar on January 5, 2024. (Jacob Mattingly via DVIDS)"> <div class="field field--name-field-caption field--type-string-long field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="visually-hidden">Caption</div> <div>The world's largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford transits the Strait of Gibraltar on January 5, 2024. (Jacob Mattingly via DVIDS)</div> </div> </div>  </div> <div class="research-card__content">  <div class="research-card__title"> <a href="/missile-defense/middle-east-mission-was-chance-justify-aircraft-carriers-price-tag-bryan-clark"><span>Middle East Mission Was a Chance to Justify Aircraft Carrier’s Price Tag</span>
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</div> </div> <div class="expert-author--drop-right"> <div class="expert-author--drop-name"> <a href="/experts/1303-bryan-clark">Bryan Clark</a> </div> <div class="expert-author--drop-position"> Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="expert-author--content"> <div class="expert-author--names"> <a href="/experts/1303-bryan-clark">Bryan Clark</a> </div> </div>
</div> <div class="research-card__meta"> <div class="field field-date"><time datetime="2024-01-25T12:00:00Z">Jan 25, 2024</time>
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As most people know, joining the intelligence community means that one has to explain and be honest about one’s former peccadillos. One must also be aware of what figures in government spied against their own country in the past. Some years ago, as a CIA study of the Alger Hiss case noted, President Clinton’s nominee to head the CIA was rejected partially because of what he said about Soviet spy Alger Hiss:{ai:summary}<p>The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world's largest aircraft carrier, justified its price tag during a mission in the Middle East. #military</p>

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