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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 20th 2015 (Halifax, Nova Scotia) – The Honourable Harjit Sajjan, Canadian Minister of National Defence and Peter Van Praagh, President of the Halifax International Security Forum, will participate in a press conference to open the 7th annual Halifax International Security Forum. DATE: Friday November 20th, 2015…