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U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin talks with Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Mark Milley as they're seated to testify on the defense department's budget request during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing
West Point - The U.S. Military Academy - 1975 #USMAgrad, Gen. Lloyd J. Austin, III is the first African American to serve as the Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army
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