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Pentagon Chief Sidesteps Question on Privatized Barracks Oversight During Congressional Testimony

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, foreground, and Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, provide testimony at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Department of Defense’s fiscal 2025 budget request and Future Years Defense Program at the Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin stressed the need to invest in housing when pressed Tuesday on how the Pentagon will ensure that any privatized barracks are not plagued with the same problems as privatized military family housing. Appearing at a wide-ranging Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, Austin was asked by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., about how […]