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Immediate Release

Secretary Austin Travels to U.S. Strategic Command Headquarters

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III will depart December 9 to participate in the change of command ceremony for U.S. Air Force General Anthony J. Cotton and U.S. Navy Admiral Charles A. Richard at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.