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The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of staff and other Joint Staff leaders walk past the Sydney Opera House.

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Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks with Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Michael S. Groen, the Joint Staff’s director for intelligence; Navy Rear Adm. Frank. M. Bradley, director of the Joint Staff’s Transregional Threat Coordination Cell; and Army Col. Abigail Linnington, director of the Chairman's Action Group, as they walk past the Sydney Opera House before their arrival at the Admirality House in Sydney, Australia, Feb. 5, 2018. DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Dominique A. Pineiro

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