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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

The president and vice president watch a monitor in the White House situation room with military and civilian advisors.

Special Ops

President Donald J. Trump is joined by Vice President Mike Pence; National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien; Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper; Army General Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Army Brig. Gen. Marcus S. Evans, the Joint Staff's deputy director for special operations, in the White House situation room as they monitor developments as U.S. special operations forces close in on ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s compound in Syria, Oct. 26, 2019.

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