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Acting Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan speaks from behind a lectern.

NATO News Conference

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan holds a news conference during a two-day defense ministerial at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Feb. 14, 2019.

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