FILE - This Feb. 24, 2012 file photo shows the exterior of the Illinois Youth Center in Joliet, Ill. Efforts to reopen a Joliet youth prison as a facility to treat mentally ill adult inmates have been underway despite claims from Gov. Pat Quinn's administration that extending the temporary income tax increase would be necessary for reopening. Illinois Department of Corrections documents in a story Monday, April 28, 2014, shows the agency is working to reopen the facility and settle a 2007 federal lawsuit claiming the state has failed to address mental illness in a crowded prison system. (AP Photo/Sun-Times Media, Joseph P. Meier, File) MANDATORY CREDIT, MAGS OUT, NO SALES
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Hegseth joins veterans, generals to mark 80th anniversary of battle of Iwo Jima
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