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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Defense leaders speak with other defense leaders via Zoom at the Pentagon briefing studio.

Ukraine Contact Group

Laura Cooper, deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia; Secretary of Defense, Lloyd J. Austin III (center) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army Gen. Mark Milley (foreground) participate in the second Ukraine Defense Contact Group conducted virtually from the Pentagon, May 23, 2022.

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