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Christopher Maier, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Combating Terrorism, Office of the Secretary of Defense, poses for his official portrait in the Army portrait studio at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., July 14, 2015. (U.S. Army photo by Monica King/Released)

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Combating Terrorism

Christopher Maier, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Combating Terrorism, Office of the Secretary of Defense, poses for his official portrait in the Army portrait studio at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., July 14, 2015. (U.S. Army photo by Monica King/Released)

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