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Austin Speaks at 2024 Reagan National Defense Forum

  • Defense.gov
  • Dec. 7, 2024 | 38:03

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III speaks at the 2024 Reagan National Defense Forum, Dec. 7, 2024, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif.