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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Defense Secretary James N. Mattis talks with fellow defense ministers while sitting at a table in a NATO meeting room.

Coalition Meeting

Defense Secretary James N. Mattis participates in a meeting of the coalition to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria at NATO headquarters in Brussels, June 8, 2018. DoD photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Vernon Young Jr.

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