I have not seen this room filled this much in a while. Good afternoon, everyone. It is great to be here with you in the pentagon briefing room. Sec. Esper since i became the secretary of defense last month, ive had the opportunity to meet with many of you. Im especially pleased that the chairman and i can spend time with you all here today in the briefing room. The United States military has a proud history and a great story to tell. It is my commitment to the American People, who entrust us with their sons and daughters to keep them informed of the work that our soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines, and apartment of defense civilians do every day to keep our nation safe we have many avenues to engage with the media in todays world. Moving forward, i intend to do these briefings to maintain an open dialogue about the departments activities. Our head of Public Affairs and a representative of the joint staff will also begin holding regular press briefings. My aim is to give you an over
I have not seen this room filled this much in a while. Good afternoon, everyone. It is great to be here with you in the pentagon briefing room. Sec. Esper since i became the secretary of defense last month, ive had the opportunity to meet with many of you. Im especially pleased that the chairman and i can spend time with you all here today in the briefing room. The United States military has a proud history and a great story to tell. It is my commitment to the American People, who entrust us with their sons and daughters to keep them informed of the work that our soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines, and apartment of defense civilians do every day to keep our nation safe we have many avenues to engage with the media in todays world. Moving forward, i intend to do these briefings to maintain an open dialogue about the departments activities. Our head of Public Affairs and a representative of the joint staff will also begin holding regular press briefings. My aim is to give you an over
Since i became the secretary of defense last month, ive had the opportunity to meet with many of you inside the pentagon and during my travels. Im especially pleased that the chairman and i can spend time with you all here today in the briefing room. The United States military has a proud history and a great story to tell. It is my commitment to the American People, who entrust us with their sons and daughters to keep them informed of the work that our soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, and department deskfense civilian the defense defense civilians do everyday to keep our nation safe. Affairs andpublic he represented if the joint staff will be holding regular press briefings. My aim is to give you an overview of my first 30 days in office and to talk about my priorities for the department. It has been a busy first month for the team. I am encouraged by the progress we are making. Our direction remains fixed. We are committed to the National Defense strategy and its three lines of eff
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