Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III participates in a wreath laying ceremony with Czech Minister of Defense Jana Cernochova at Saints Cyril & Methodius Catherdral in Prague, Czech Republic, Sept. 9, 2022. Austin is visiting the NATO ally after hosting the Ukraine Defense Contact Group with other NATO and international counterparts at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. This is the the fifth such meeting of defense leaders from around the world since Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine.

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