Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis shakes hands with Air Force Brig. Gen. Jason R. Armagost, commander 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, before boarding an E-4B, a highly modified Boing 747, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Sept. 28, 2017. Mattis stopped at Qatar to visit with Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and Defense Minister Khalid bin Mohammad Al Attiyah following a brief visit to the Central Command Area of Responsibility.

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