(July 22, 2017) Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis delivers remarks during the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) commissioning ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk, Va. Ford is the lead ship of the Ford-class aircraft carriers, and the first new aircraft carrier design in 40 years.

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