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![U.S. service members with the Joint Force Honor Cordon, prepare for the arrival of Tarō Kōno, Minister of Foreign Affairs Japan at the Pentagon river entrance in Arlington, Va., March 16, 2018. ( U.S. service members with the Joint Force Honor Cordon, prepare for the arrival of Tarō Kōno, Minister of Foreign Affairs Japan at the Pentagon river entrance in Arlington, Va., March 16, 2018. (](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/MD2C76/us-service-members-with-the-joint-force-honor-cordon-prepare-for-the-arrival-of-taro-kono-minister-of-foreign-affairs-japan-at-the-pentagon-river-entrance-in-arlington-va-march-16-2018-us-army-photo-by-spc-tammy-nooner-MD2C76.jpg)
U.S. service members with the Joint Force Honor Cordon, prepare for the arrival of Tarō Kōno, Minister of Foreign Affairs Japan at the Pentagon river entrance in Arlington, Va., March 16, 2018. (
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![U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin welcomes Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal with an enhanced honor cordon before holding a meeting together at the Pentagon following U.S. President Biden's announcement on an additional U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin welcomes Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal with an enhanced honor cordon before holding a meeting together at the Pentagon following U.S. President Biden's announcement on an additional](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2J59FP1/us-defense-secretary-lloyd-austin-welcomes-ukraines-prime-minister-denys-shmyhal-with-an-enhanced-honor-cordon-before-holding-a-meeting-together-at-the-pentagon-following-us-president-bidens-announcement-on-an-additional-800-million-security-assistance-package-for-ukraine-in-washington-us-april-21-2022-reutersleah-millis-2J59FP1.jpg)
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin welcomes Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal with an enhanced honor cordon before holding a meeting together at the Pentagon following U.S. President Biden's announcement on an additional
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