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Defense Secretary Jim Mattis speaks during a news conference with Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at the Pentagon, May 19, 2017. Mattis and Dunford updated reporters on the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. DoD photo by Army Sgt. Amber I. Smith

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Defense Secretary James N. Mattis and Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, update reporters on the effort to defeat of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria during a joint news conference at the Pentagon, May 19, 2017. DoD photo by Army Sgt. Amber I. Smith

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