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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Men tour a submarine.

Taking a Tour

Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III and Australian Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles, who also serves as his country’s defense minister, tour the USS Mississippi, a fast attack submarine based in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The two men had just finished a bilateral defense meeting.

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