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Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Air Force General Charles Q. Brown Jr., Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Hold A News Conference Following Virtual Meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group

STAFF: All right. Well, good morning, and thank you, everyone, for being here today. It's my pleasure to introduce Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General CQ Brown, Jr. The secretary and the chairman will deliver some opening remarks and then we'll have time to take a few questions. Please note that I will moderate those questions and call on journalists. Due to time constraints, I would ask that those I call upon limit their follow-up questions to give your colleagues a chance to ask their questions. And with that, I'll turn it over to Secretary Austin. Sir? SECRETARY OF DEFENSE LLOYD J. AUSTIN III: So my first question for you is who pulled t...