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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and other officials converse at a U-shaped table.

Table Talk

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III conducts bilateral discussions with Jose C. Faustino Jr., officer in charge of the Philippine Department of National Defense, at U.S. Indo-Pacific Command headquarters at Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii, Sept. 29, 2022.

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