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DOD Officials Speak to Reporters

  • Defense.gov
  • Oct. 3, 2019 | 31:38

Jonathan Rath Hoffman, assistant to the secretary of defense for public affairs, and Air Force Col. Patrick Ryder, special assistant for public affairs to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, respond to  questions from reporters at a news conference in the Pentagon, Oct. 3, 2019.