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Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Hosted Bilateral in Honor of His Excellency Hanno Pevkur Minister of Defense Republic of Estonia

SECRETARY OF DEFENSE LLOYD AUSTIN: Well, Mr. Pevkur. Welcome. Welcome back to the Pentagon and thanks for coming back to Washington so soon after our successful and historic NATO summit. That summit made important progress on our priorities for NATO and for Ukraine. In February 2023, you hosted me during my first visit to your country as Secretary of Defense so I'm glad to be able to return the hospitality. And I'm glad to continue our important dialog on transatlantic security. You know tomorrow marks 29 months since Russia launched its full scale invasion of its peaceful neighbor, Ukraine. And Putin's war of choice continues to threaten our shared security. The United States and Estonia, a...