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Joint Press Conference by Secretary
Carter and Secretary Michael Fallon
Sept. 7, 2016
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter; U.K. Secretary of State for Defence Michael Fallon
U.K. SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENCE MICHAEL FALLON: Well, good evening everybody and thank
you for coming along.
Let me begin by welcoming Secretary Carter back to London and thank him publicly for his exemplary
leadership and friendship and cooperation, particularly through our strategic defense and security review
last year. That review was good news for the United Kingdom and good news for the United State as we
committed to the two percent NATO target and to increase our defense spending year on year.
Our discussion today has focused on three areas. First, on maximizing the opportunities that that strategic
defense review opened up; on capability, where we're buying maritime patrol aircraft and the next
generation of Apache helicopters; on operability -- interoperability, where today I can welcome the
commitment of the United States to deploying F-35s on the first operational deployment of Queen
Elizabeth -- the HMS Queen Elizabeth in 2021. And in the fullness of time, we expect our F-35s to be
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