Austin, the first Black defense secretary, ends his term marred by Afghanistan but buoyed by Ukraine
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is bidding farewell to the forces and personnel he’s led through a tumultuous term ...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth makes first visit to border in El Paso, Sunland Park
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth visited the Borderland to meet with U.S military troops aiding in security efforts in Texas ...
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Military bids farewell to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, following release of critical OIG report
ARLINGTON, Va. — To much fanfare, the U.S. military bid farewell to the nation's 28th Secretary of Defense. Lloyd Austin graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1975 and went ...
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Defense Secretary Austin’s secrecy around his hospitalizations increased the risks to national security, watchdog says
The secrecy surrounding Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s hospitalizations in late 2023 and early 2024 “increased unnecessarily” the risks to US national security, the Pentagon’s ...
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US troops need to stay in Syria to counter the Islamic State group, Austin says
FILE - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ... at the Foreign Ministry's Iikura guesthouse in Tokyo, Sunday, July 28, 2024. RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (AP) — The U.S. needs to keep troops ...
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US troops must stay in Syria to maintain a 'foot on the throat of ISIS,' Austin warns
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has said American troops must remain in Syria to ... past that while he typically agrees with Trump's foreign policy, he thinks it would be a "huge mistake ...
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Austin, the first Black defense secretary, ends his term marred by Afghanistan but buoyed by Ukraine
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is bidding farewell ... In a ceremony tinged with emotion, Austin heralded his troops as the “most lethal fighting force on Earth” and told the packed crowd ...