Even as the Defense Department supports the whole-of-government response to the COVID-19 pandemic, it continues its vital national security missions, U.S. Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper said. David Vergun, DOD News, reports.
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| Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper and Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, hold a Pentagon news conference on the Defense Department’s actions in support of the COVID-19 nation’s response, April 14, 2020. (Picture source: U.S. DOD) |