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Media Highlights Radio • July 20, 2026 

# Jon Hoffman discusses America’s counterproductive Middle East presence on the John Quincy Adams *Society’s Security Dilemma* podcast 

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##### [Jon Hoffman](/people/jon-hoffman)

Research Fellow, Cato Institute

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