SENIOR DEFENSE OFFICIAL: Okay, good afternoon, everybody — or I’m sorry, good morning. Thanks for — thanks for holding with us here during the — during the delay. I’ll get right at it — and again, this is a Senior Defense Official attribution.

Just first some administrative notes at the top. Secretary Austin just spoke this morning with the Defense Minister from Slovakia as well as the United Kingdom Ben Wallace, and he is on the phone right now with the Defense Minister of — of France.

These calls were obviously all centered around the war in Ukraine and what the — what the United States is doing to continue to provide security assistance to Ukraine, as well as support deterrence and defense capabilities of — of NATO.

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