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DOD Leaders Hold News Conference

  • Defense.gov
  • March 25, 2020 | 33:26

Alyssa Farah, deputy assistant to the secretary for media affairs and press secretary for the Defense Department, and Air Force Brig. Gen. (Dr.) Paul Friedrichs, Joint Staff surgeon for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, hold a news conference at the Pentagon, March 25, 2020.