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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A service member and two civilians sit around a wooden table that has one small U.S. flag and one small Israeli flag atop it.

Tel Aviv Meeting

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, Israel, Dec. 18, 2023. Austin and Brown traveled to Israel to meet with counterparts and underscore unwavering U.S. commitment to Israel's right to defend itself in accordance with international humanitarian law.

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