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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

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NATO Madrid Summit

(from left to right) President Joe Biden speaks with NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana and President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Gerald E. Connolly. The two-day summit covered topics on defense and deterrence in the wake of Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine as well as the historic proposed admittance of Sweden and Finland into the alliance.

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