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Deputy Secretary of Defense to DHA: ‘The Work You All Have Done is Unprecedented’
Deputy Secretary of Defense reinforces critical role the Defense Health Agency plays in supporting the Department of Defense mission
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“Our mission is improving health and building readiness and I put it in that order, because we are responsible for improving the health of all 9.5 million beneficiaries, families, retirees, their families service members,” said .U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Telita Crosland, the director of the Defense Health Agency.. “When we do that, we will build readiness for the force into it.”
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