FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 14, 1999 file photo, Ariel Sharon, center, leader of the opposition Likud party, unfurls maps of Israeli settlements in the West Bank with right-wing Knesset member Hanan Porat, right, during a tour of the West Bank settlement of Har Harasha northwest of Ramallah. Sharon, the hard-charging Israeli general and prime minister who was admired and hated for his battlefield exploits and ambitions to reshape the Middle East, died Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014. The 85-year-old Sharon had been in a coma since a debilitating stroke eight years ago. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma, File)
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Hegseth joins veterans, generals to mark 80th anniversary of battle of Iwo Jima
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