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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

President Joe Biden sits at a desk with his national security team.

Biden Meeting

President Joe Biden meets with his national security team, Aug. 1, 2022, to discuss the counterterrorism operation to take out Ayman al-Zawahiri. At this meeting, the president was briefed on the proposed operation and shown a model of the safe house where Al-Zawahiri was hiding.

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