Updated: May 18, 2018 at 1:26 PM

This week in Washington (21 images)

President Donald Trump announces he will nominate acting VA secretary Robert Wilkie to take over permanently, delivers remarks at the 37th annual National Peace Officers' Memorial Service and visits first lady Melania Trump as she recovers from surgery the week of May 14, 2018, in Washington, D.C.

President Donald Trump delivers remarks during the Prison Reform Summit in the East Room of the White House on Friday. Photo by Leigh Vogel/UPI

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Trump shakes hands with Robert Wilkie after announcing he will nominate him for VA Secretary. Photo by Leigh Vogel/UPI

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Trump speaks as cabinet members from left to right, Jens Stoltenberg, secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Vice President Mike Pence, Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State and Jim Mattis, Secretary of Defense listen during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Thursday. Photo by Andrew Harrer/UPI

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President Donald Trump speaks as Jens Stoltenberg, secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), listens during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday. The White House said the two leaders will be discussing the upcoming NATO Summit in July. Photo by Andrew Harrer/UPI

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