IMMEDIATE RELEASE Pentagon Chief Spokesperson Dana W. White provided the following readout: On June 27, 2018, Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis met with the Minister of National Defense for the People’s Republic of China, General Wei Fenghe.Secretary Mattis and General Wei openly and candidly discussed a broad ...
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Secretary met with President Xi Jinping of China, Politburo Member Yang Jiechi, and Minister of National Defense General Wei Fenghe.Pentagon Chief Spokesperson Dana W. White provided the following readout: On June 27, 2018, in separate meetings in Beijing, Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis ...
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Robert Karem invited Gen. Joseph Aoun, commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces, to Washington, District of Columbia, to co-chair the U.S.-Lebanon Joint Military Commission on June 26-27. The two nations reaffirmed the partnership ...
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE In a ceremony in the Pentagon auditorium at 2:30 p.m. on June 28, the Department of Defense will present the Fiscal Year 2017 Value Engineering (VE) Awards. As part of the broader DoD Honorary VE Awards Program, the award recognizes DOD civilian and military organizations, teams, individuals, and ...
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE Fifteen Exceptional Employers Recognized for Top HonorWASHINGTON – The Department of Defense announced the 15 recipients of the 2018 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award, the highest U.S. government honor to employers for support of National Guard and Reserve employees."It is my ...
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan announced that Dana Deasy, chief information officer, will lead the department's cloud initiative, effective June 22. This initiative is part of a larger effort to modernize information technology across the DOD enterprise. A modern digital ...
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