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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, seen in black and white, speaks before the Senate.

Austin Testimony

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III provides testimony during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Defense Department’s fiscal year 2023 budget request, with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley and Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) / Chief Financial Officer Michael J. McCord, Washington, April 7, 2022.

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