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American people who entrust us with their sons and daughters to keep them informed of the work our soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines and the permit of defense civilians do every day and keep our nation safe. We have many avenues to engage with the media and todays world moving forward i intend to do these briefings to maintain an open dialogue about the departments activities. Head of phobic affairs and representatives from the joint staff will begin holding regular press briefings. My aim is to give you an overview of my first 30 days and often talk about my priorities for the department. It has been a very busy first month for the team and im very encouraged by the progress we are making. Our direction remains fixed. We are committed to the National Defense strategy, building a more lethal force, strengthening our alliance and partnerships and reforming the department for Better Business practices which i added taking care of Service Members and their families. The mbs is grounded i
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