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Douglas Lute, the U.S. ambassador to NATO, meets with U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Jan. 20, 2016. DoD photo by D. Myles Cullen

Meeting With Ambassador

Douglas Lute, the U.S. ambassador to NATO, meets with U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Jan. 20, 2016. DoD photo by D. Myles Cullen

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