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Defense secretary hosts 2025 National POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listens as President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) (Alex Brandon, Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George, will host the Department of Defense 2025 National POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony on Friday morning.

The ceremony will “honor those who were held captive and returned, as well as those who remain unaccounted for from past conflicts.”