ADVANCE FOR USE SATURDAY, JULY 15, AND THEREAFTER – FILE – In this Jan. 22, 1996, file photo, the American Wind Symphony Orchestra barge Point Counterpoint II rests aground and on top of several cars, as front-end loaders remove ice left by Allegheny River flooding on the Allegheny Wharf in Pittsburgh. As of 2017, Point Counterpoint II has brought music from the rivers of Pittsburgh to American towns and European capitals for 41 years. Now, cellist Yo-Yo Ma and conductor Robert Austin Boudreau are trying to save the 195-foot-long concert boat from being repurposed to serve as a derrick barge at a shipyard in Houma, La. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
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Hegseth joins veterans, generals to mark 80th anniversary of battle of Iwo Jima
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