War_Conflict

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Poppies are encased in a wall on the National Mall to commemorate lives lost in U.S. conflicts since World War I. Each flower represents a single combat casualty. (Associated Press)

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Casualties of War (Illustration by Gary Varvel for Creators Syndicate)

In this May 27, 2002, file photo Shannon Spann, widow of CIA officer Johnny "Mike" Spann, and her three children, from left, Emily, 4, Alison, 10, and Jake, 11 months, visit the grave of their lost husband and father on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Spann, the first American killed in the Afghan war, was part of a small group of CIA paramilitary officers who went into Afghanistan just 16 days after the al-Qaida attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Mia Aigotti, File)

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An unarmed Trident II D5 missile launches from the Ohio-class fleet ballistic-missile submarine USS Nevada (SSBN 733) off the coast of Southern California. The test launch was part of the U.S. Navy Strategic Systems Programs demonstration and shakedown operation certification process. The successful launch certified the readiness of an SSBN crew and the operational performance of the submarine’s strategic weapons system before returning to operational availability. The launch was the 135th consecutive successful test flight. (U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Benjamin Crossley/Released)

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Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Michael D. Stevens looks through the periscope of the Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Louisiana (SSBN 743) during a visit to Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor. Stevens talked with Sailors, Marines, and civilian employees throughout the base during his visit. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Thomas L. Rosprim/Released)

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Legionnaire Charles Webb hugs Gold Star Mother Barbara Bilbrey, center, while World War II veteran Bruce Heilman, and Phil Perlman, left and right, join Legion members to lay a wreath at the Civil War Unknown Monument during the American Legion Riders Run To The Thunder in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, May 26, 2018. (Photo by Cheryl Diaz Meyer / The American Legion)

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In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force, a C-17 Globemaster III, assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, conducts combat airlift operations for U.S. and Coalition forces in Iraq and Syria on April 13, 2018. The drama of U.S. and allied missiles strikes on Syria has obscured the fact that the U.S.-led campaign to eliminate the Islamic State from Syria has stalled. This is an illustration of the many-layered complexities of the Syrian conflict. (Tech. Sgt. Gregory Brook, U.S. Air Force via AP)

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NORAD on Monday responded to the second incursion in two days by Russian bombers in U.S. airspace. (NORAD)

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Russia's military is developing several strategic weapons that — while not directly violating New START — appear to be a circumvention of the treaty. (Associated Press/File)

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U.S. Army helicopter crew members look out of their Chinook helicopter as they fly from the U.S. Embassy to Baghdad International airport, following the helicopter of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, over Baghdad, Iraqi, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool Photo via AP)

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Vice President Mike Pence visits troops at Fort McCoy in Wisconsin Thursday, May 16, 2019. (Official White House Photo by D. Myles Cullen)

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Vice President Mike Pence delivers remarks to troops at Yokota Air Base, Thursday, February 8, 2018, in Tokyo, Japan. (Official White House Photo by D. Myles Cullen)

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Vice President Mike Pence and Mrs. Karen are introduced to troops at Yokota Air Base, Thursday, February 8, 2018, in Tokyo, Japan. (Official White House Photo by D. Myles Cullen)

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Vice President Mike Pence and Mrs. Karen Pence meet with Stf Sgt. Liam Dwyer of the 3rd Battalion 5th Marine Regiment, Camp Pendleton, and his wife Meghan, at the USO Warrior and Family Center in Bethesda, Maryland | November 22, 2017 (Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian)