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FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2012 file photo, a worker strides under a utility bridge in the gas cleanup and byproducts area at Mississippi Power's Kemper County energy facility near DeKalb, Miss. Congress insisted it cleaned up its act five years ago in a much-ballyhooed reform, banning the costly practice of embedding legislation with billions of dollars for pet projects back home. “Clean coal” power plants had a heyday a few years ago, one project left standing is being built in Kemper County in eastern Mississippi, represented by Republican Sen. Thad Cochran, the powerful chairman of the Appropriations Committee. It’s suffering from huge cost overruns, threatening consumers with higher electricity rates. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
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Hegseth joins veterans, generals to mark 80th anniversary of battle of Iwo Jima
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