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Defense Secretary Jim Mattis speaks into a microphone while sitting next to others.

NATO Meeting

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speak during the Global Coalition to Defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria meeting at the NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Nov. 9, 2017. DoD photo by Air Force Staff Sgt. Jette Carr

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