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Deputy Secretary of Defense William J. Lynn III, addresses the audience at the Pentagon on the occasion of the 234th birthday of the United States Army. Joining him on stage in the Pentagon courtyard Secretary of the Army Pete Geren, Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr., and Sergeant Major of the Army Kenneth O. Preston.

BIRTHDAY SPEECH

Deputy Secretary of Defense William J. Lynn III, addresses the audience at the Pentagon on the occasion of the 234th birthday of the United States Army. Joining him on stage in the Pentagon courtyard Secretary of the Army Pete Geren, Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr., and Sergeant Major of the Army Kenneth O. Preston.

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