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Leaders Testify on Security Challenges in the Americas

  • Defense.gov
  • March 8, 2023 | 02:36:24

Melissa G. Dalton, assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense and hemispheric affairs; Air Force Gen. Glen D. VanHerck, commander, U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command; and Army Gen. Laura J. Richardson, commander, U.S. Southern Command, address the House Armed Services Committee.