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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III speaks from a desk with a U.S. flag in the background.

Defense Meeting

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Celeste Wallander, assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs, host the fourth Ukraine Defense Contact Group conducted virtually from the Pentagon, July 20, 2022.

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