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Deputy Defense Secretary, Vice Chairman Brief Media on COVID-19

  • Defense.gov
  • April 9, 2020 | 45:16

Deputy Defense Secretary David L. Norquist and Air Force Gen. John E. Hyten, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, brief reporters at the Pentagon to discuss the Defense Department’s COVID-19 efforts, April 9, 2020.