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Defense Secretary Jim Mattis walks with other officials in a building with glass walls.

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Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, right, walks with Robert Cardillo, far left, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency director, and Susan Gordon, deputy director, during a visit for a town hall meeting in Springfield, Va., Aug. 2, 2017. DoD photo by Army Sgt. Amber I. Smith

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