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Acting Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper talks with officials while walking through a doorway with NATO signage behind them.

NATO Arrival

Acting Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper talks with U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kay Bailey Hutchison upon arriving at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels, June 26, 2019.

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