In this Jan. 8, 2014 photo, John Blair, left, executive director of the Cook County Sheriff's Office Intelligence Center, consults with Officer John Slepski about a firearms background check Slepski is performing at the center in Chicago. Requests to carry a gun in public are pouring in at more than 1,000 per day in the nation's last state to allow the practice, triggering concerns among Illinois' local law enforcement authorities that they could fall behind in a special 30-day process to weed out applicants with a history of violence. The Cook County Sheriff's office says it already has found about 100 applications it plans to contest after the law went into effect Jan. 5. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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Hegseth joins veterans, generals to mark 80th anniversary of battle of Iwo Jima
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