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Defense Department Leaders Brief Pentagon Media on Hurricane Florence

  • Defense.gov
  • Sept. 13, 2018 | 1:15

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Global Security Kenneth P. Rapuano and Air Force Gen. Terrence J. O'Shaughnessy, commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, brief Pentagon reporters on Defense Department preparations for Hurricane Florence, Sept. 13, 2018.