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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

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NATO Headquarters

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III meets with German Federal Minister of Defense Christine Lambrecht at defense ministerial meetings at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, Feb. 16, 2022. Following this meeting Austin travels to Poland for meetings and then to Lithuania where he will talk with leaders of the Baltic states.

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