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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

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Defense Leader Meeting

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, center, hosts Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles, left, and Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada at U.S. Indo-Pacific Command in Hawaii, Oct. 1, 2022.

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