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Hicks Delivers Keynote Address at Reagan Institute

  • Defense.gov
  • May 6, 2022 | 01:02:51

Kathleen Hicks, the deputy secretary of defense, delivers a keynote address to the Reagan Institute Center for Peace Through Strength, focusing on the Defense Department’s recently released unclassified summary of the national defense strategy and the fiscal year 2023 budget request. A moderated conversation follows her address.