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Immediate Release

Secretary Esper Travels to Wright-Patterson AFB, University of Louisville

Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper embarks Thursday, Oct. 3 to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, and the University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky.

Secretary Esper, joined by Congressman Mike Turner, will visit Wright-Patterson AFB, where he will meet with senior leaders and host a town hall with service members and their families.

While at the University of Louisville, Secretary Esper will join Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in a town hall meeting with Fort Knox area community leaders, and separately with McConnell Scholarship students.