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    U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis, second from right, greets an airman as he boards a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster for a day trip to a U.S. military base in Djibouti from Doha, Qatar, Sunday, April 23, 2017. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP)
    April 23, 2017 - 7:28 am

    Pentagon chief visits African nation home to key US base

    DJIBOUTI (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Sunday visited Djibouti to bolster ties with the tiny and impoverished African country that is home to an important base for U.S. counterterrorism forces, including drones. Mattis, the first Trump administration official to visit Djibouti,...
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    President Donald Trump, left, points after awarding a Purple Heart to U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Alvaro Barrientos, with first lady Melania Trump, right, and Tammy Barrientos, second from right, at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Saturday, April 22, 2017, in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
    April 22, 2017 - 9:43 pm

    Trump awards Purple Heart at Walter Reed military hospital

    BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — President Donald Trump has awarded a Purple Heart to an Army sergeant wounded in Afghanistan. Trump used the occasion of his first visit as president to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to present the Purple Heart to Sgt. 1st Class Alvaro Barrientos. He was wounded...
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    President Donald Trump prepares to award a Purple Heart to U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Alvaro Barrientos, with first lady Melania Trump, right, and Tammy Barrientos, second from right, at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Saturday, April 22, 2017, in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
    April 22, 2017 - 2:44 pm

    Trump awards Purple Heart at Walter Reed military hospital

    BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday awarded a Purple Heart to an Army sergeant recently wounded in Afghanistan, the first of many Trump likely will award during his service as commander in chief of the U.S. military. "When I heard about this and I wanted to do it myself," Trump...
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    President Donald Trump shakes hands with U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Alvaro Barrientos, after awarding him with a Purple Heart , as first lady Melania Trump, right, stands with Tammy Barrientos second from right, at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Saturday, April 22, 2017, in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
    April 22, 2017 - 1:58 pm

    Trump awards Purple Heart at Walter Reed military hospital

    BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday awarded a Purple Heart to an Army sergeant recently wounded in Afghanistan. "When I heard about this and I wanted to do it myself," Trump said during a brief ceremony at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland,...
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    April 22, 2017 - 12:23 pm

    Trump visiting Walter Reed military hospital

    BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — President Donald Trump plans to visit wounded service members at a military hospital outside Washington. It will be Trump's first visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Trump tweeted Saturday that he was looking forward to "seeing our...
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    Afghan soldiers stand guard at the gate of a military compound after an attack by gunmen in Mazar-e- Sharif province north of kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, April 21, 2017. Gunmen wearing army uniforms stormed a military compound in the Balkh province, killing at least eight soldiers and wounding 11 others, an Afghan government official said Friday. (AP Photo/Mirwais Najand)
    April 22, 2017 - 6:55 am

    Afghan officials: Gunmen attacked army base, 100 casualties

    KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Gunmen and suicide bombers wearing army uniforms stormed a military compound in the Balkh province, killing or wounding more than 100 army personnel, Afghan officials said Saturday. Gen. Daulat Waziri, spokesman for the Afghanistan Ministry of Defense, said the attack a...
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    Afghan soldiers stand guard at the gate of a military compound after an attack by gunmen in Mazar-e- Sharif province north of kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, April 21, 2017. Gunmen wearing army uniforms stormed a military compound in the Balkh province, killing at least eight soldiers and wounding 11 others, an Afghan government official said Friday. (AP Photo/Mirwais Najand)
    April 22, 2017 - 4:45 am

    Afghan official: Gunmen attacked army base, 100 casualties

    KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Gunmen wearing army uniforms stormed a military compound in the Balkh province, killing or wounding more than 100 army personnel, an Afghan official said Saturday. Daulat Waziri, spokesman for the Afghanistan Ministry of Defense, said the attack a day earlier on a compound...
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    Afghan soldiers stand guard at the gate of a military compound after an attack by gunmen in Mazar-e- Sharif province north of kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, April 21, 2017. Gunmen wearing army uniforms stormed a military compound in the Balkh province, killing at least eight soldiers and wounding 11 others, an Afghan government official said Friday. (AP Photo/Mirwais Najand)
    April 22, 2017 - 4:42 am

    Afghan official: Gunmen attacked army base, 100 casualties

    KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Gunmen wearing army uniforms stormed a military compound in the Balkh province, killing or wounding more than 100 army personnel, an Afghan official said Saturday. Daulat Waziri, spokesman for the Afghanistan Ministry of Defense, said the attack a day earlier on a compound...
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    Afghan soldiers stand guard at the gate of a military compound after an attack by gunmen in Mazar-e- Sharif province north of kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, April 21, 2017. Gunmen wearing army uniforms stormed a military compound in the Balkh province, killing at least eight soldiers and wounding 11 others, an Afghan government official said Friday. (AP Photo/Mirwais Najand)
    April 22, 2017 - 4:36 am

    Afghan official: Gunmen attacked army base, 100 casualties

    KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Gunmen wearing army uniforms stormed a military compound in the Balkh province, killing or wounding more than 100 army personnel, an Afghan official said Saturday. Daulat Waziri, spokesman for the Afghanistan Ministry of Defense, said the attack a day earlier on a compound...
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    April 22, 2017 - 4:05 am

    Afghan official: Gunmen attacked army base, 100 casualties

    KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan official says more than 100 army personnel have been killed or wounded after gunmen wearing army uniforms stormed a military compound in Balkh province. Daulat Waziri, spokesman for the Afghanistan Ministry of Defense, said Saturday that the attack a day earlier...
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