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Defense Secretary Jim Mattis meets with Army Gen. Joseph Votel, commander of U.S. Central Command, at Centcom's Forward Headquarters at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, April 22, 2017. DoD photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brigitte N. Brantley

Mattis Meeting

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis meets with Army Gen. Joseph Votel, commander of U.S. Central Command, at Centcom's Forward Headquarters at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, April 22, 2017. DoD photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brigitte N. Brantley

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