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Acting defense secretary steps out of car upon arroival at Pentagon.

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Acting U.S. Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan is greeted by reporters after arriving at the Pentagon on Jan. 2, 2019, in Washington, D.C. Deputy Secretary Shanahan assumed the role of Acting Secretary on Jan. 1, 2019, following the departure of former Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis. (DoD photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Amber I. Smith)

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