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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

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Austin Greeting

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III greets Jose Faustino Jr., Secretary of National Defense of the Philippines, at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ meeting of defense ministers in Siem Reap, Cambodia, Nov. 22, 2022.

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