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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

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Summit Discussions

President of Mozambique Filipe Nyusi; President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud; President of Niger Mohamed Bazoum; former assistant secretary of state for African affairs, Jendayi Frazer; Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III; Secretary of State Antony Blinken; and Samantha Power, administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, participate in the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit's Peace and Security Governance Forum at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., Dec. 13, 2022.

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