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US Secretary of Defense James Mattis (l) arrives at the Pentagon on January 21, 2017, for his first day of work and is greeted by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford in Washington, DC. / AFP / PAUL J. RICHARDS (Photo credit should read PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)

US Secretary of Defense James Mattis (l) arrives at the Pentagon on January 21, 2017, for his first day of work and is greeted by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford in Washington, DC. / AFP / PAUL J. RICHARDS        (Photo credit should read PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)