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Headline: Vice President JD Vance Swears-In Pete Hegseth as US Secretary of Defense

Caption: United States Vice President JD Vance, left, shakes hands with US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, center, after administering the oath of office in the Indian Treaty Room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Campus

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PersonInImage: JD Vance, Pete Hegseth