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Mattis Participates in Joint U.S.-Australian News Conference

  • Defense.gov
  • July 24, 2018 | 32:25

Defense Secretary James N. Mattis participates in a joint news conference with Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo, Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop and Australian Defense Minister Marise Payne at the Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations, known as AUSMIN, at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution in Palo Alto, Calif., July 24, 2018.