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Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles, and Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong Before the Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations - United States Department of State

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Bias & prejudice have no place in our military, or in our country. Prejudices – whether visible or invisible, conscious or unconscious—remain a burden to many. They hold back the diversity of the force, representation in our officer ranks, and experiences of our minority members. The #US military is the greatest military force in history, not just because of tactics and technology, but because our all-volunteer patriots who believe in, and pledge their lives to defend, the values that make us Am