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Pentagon Press Secretary Major General Pat Ryder Holds an Off-Camera Press Briefing

MAJOR GENERAL PAT RYDER: Good morning, everybody, or afternoon now I guess. Hope you had a good 4th of July holiday. I got just a couple of things here at the top and then I'll get right to your questions. So, for those of you who are not tracking, this is the NATO summit week. We'll celebrate 75 years of the greatest defensive alliance in history, so lots of related activities. Secretary Austin hosted NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg here at the Pentagon this morning for a bilateral discussion. We'll provide a readout of that meeting later today. In addition, after the meeting, the secretary presented Secretary General Stoltenberg with the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguishe...