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Lloyd J. Austin III

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III addresses media members during a joint press briefing with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark A. Milley from the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 6, 2021.

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