U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin flew out to the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier Wednesday to meet with the sailors he has ordered to remain at sea to prevent the Israel-Hamas war from spilling over into a deadlier regional conflict.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Tuesday will convene a meeting of fellow defense ministers to address the growing number of attacks from Yemen's Houthi rebels on merchant ships passing through a key Red Sea strait, on a day when yet another major shipping line said it was halting shipments through the passage in the face of continued attacks.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Saturday that the wars raging in the Middle East and Europe, coupled with increasingly brazen "bullying" by China, have underscored the need for robust U.S. leadership on the global stage.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Wednesday urged other nations in the Ukraine Defense Contact Group to increase the supply of air defense weapons for Kyiv as it prepares to face another winter of war against Russian invaders.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin did not come empty-handed during his unannounced visit to Kyiv on Monday, where he sought to bolster Ukrainian resolve as its counteroffensive against Russian invaders appears to have stalled in its tracks.