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Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper speaks and a woman engage in a discussion before a group of people.

Esper Discussion

Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper and moderator Kathleen Hicks, senior vice president, Henry A. Kissinger Chair, and director of the International Security Program at CSIS, discuss China’s malevolent behavior at the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ Global Security Forum in Washington, Jan. 24, 2020..

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