FILE - In this March 15, 2013 file photo, NAACP president Ben Jealous speaks at a news conference in Annapolis, Md. Just months after stepping down as head of the nation’s largest civil rights organization, former NAACP president Jealous is changing his career from an East Coast political activist to a West Coast venture capitalist, a switch he hopes will help him further his goal of growing opportunities for blacks and Latinos in the booming tech economy. The Northern California native and self-confessed computer geek will be joining entrepreneurs Mitchell Kapor and Freada Kapor Klein at their venture capital investment firm which backs information technology start-ups that are committed to making a positive social impact. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
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Hegseth joins veterans, generals to mark 80th anniversary of battle of Iwo Jima
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