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Defense Secretary, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Pentagon Briefing

  • Defense.gov
  • Aug. 28, 2018 | 01:04:03

Defense Secretary James N. Mattis and Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, brief reporters in the Pentagon briefing room, Washington, Aug. 28, 2018.