FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2016 file photo, a volunteer fighter with the Syrian Government forces gestures as he sits atop a tank in the province of Raqqa, Syria. A major battle to liberate the northern Syrian city of Raqqa from Islamic State militants is looming, with U.S. officials looking to build on momentum from the battlefields in Mosul. Armed with a new Pentagon plan to “rapidly defeat” the militants in both countries, President Donald Trump is now mulling options for upping the fight, which a top U.S. commander says he expects to be concluded within six months. (Alexander Kots/Komsomolskaya Pravda via AP, File)
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Hegseth joins veterans, generals to mark 80th anniversary of battle of Iwo Jima
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