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Capitol Lens | Raising Caine

(Gen. Dan Caine via Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

By Tom Williams

Posted March 4, 2026 at 7:47pm

In a photo taken by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine, photographers, from left, Kevin Dietsch of Getty Images, Jim Watson of Agence France-Presse, Madalina Kilroy of The Epoch Times and Tom Williams of CQ Roll Call wait for the arrival of administration officials in the Capitol on Tuesday for a briefing on the military action against Iran. Caine asked for Williams’ camera to take the picture.

Here, Caine takes the above photo from the photojournalists’ point of view in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

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