FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2011 file photo, Whitney Benfield takes questions from her first grade class about the new tornado shelters outside Irving Elementary in Joplin, Mo. For the second time since a tornado ravaged Moore, Oklahoma, on May 20, 2013, killing 24 people including seven students at the Plaza Towers Elementary School, organizers plan to circulate an initiative petition calling for a statewide vote to fund the construction of school storm shelters. (AP Photo/The Joplin Globe, Roger Nomer, File)
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Military parade celebrates Army’s 250th
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Hegseth joins veterans, generals to mark 80th anniversary of battle of Iwo Jima
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