Defense Contract Group. Good morning and thank you everyone for being here today. It is my pleasure to introduce Territorial Defense lloyd austin roman 3rd, and general of the joint chiefs of staff general charles brown, jr. We will have time to dig a few questions. I will moderate these questions and, and journalists and due to time constraints, we ask that the site, plan to limit their questions to give your call is a chance to answer questions. My first question for you is, who pulled the fire alarm . [laughter] ok. [laughs] well, i didnt. But, thanks for joining us everybody. General brown and i have just come from the 21st meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contract Group. We were joined by a great team from ukraine led ministry of defense. I convened what would become the Ukraine Defense Contact Group for the first time in weinstein airbase exactly two years ago today, and some of you were there at that meeting. Thanks to underscore the achievement of the Contact Group over the past
Ukrainian president zelenskiy and members of the Ukraine Defense Contract Group. Good morning and thank you everyone for being here today. It is my pleasure to introduce Territorial Defense lloyd austin roman 3rd, and general of the joint chiefs of staff general charles brown, jr. We will have time to dig a few questions. I will moderate these questions and, and journalists and due to time constraints, we ask that the site, plan to limit their questions to give your call is a chance to answer questions. My first question for you is, who pulled the fire alarm . [laughter] ok. [laughs] well, i didnt. But, thanks for joining us everybody. General brown and i have just come from the 21st meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contract Group. We were joined by a great team from ukraine led ministry of defense. I convened what would become the Ukraine Defense Contact Group for the first time in weinstein airbase exactly two years ago today, and some of you were there at that meeting. Thanks to under
Powered by cable. U. S. Defense secretary general lloyd austin announced an additional 6 million security assistant package through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative and called it the largest security assistant package the u. S. Has committed today. He made that announcement to reporters at the pentagon after he and the joint chiefs of staff tarek met privately with ukrainian president zelenskiy and members of the Ukraine Defense Contract Group. Good morning and thank you everyone for being here today. It is my pleasure to introduce Territorial Defense lloyd austin roman 3rd, and general of the joint chiefs of staff general charles brown, jr. We will have time to dig a few questions. I will moderate these questions and, and journalists and due to time constraints, we ask that the site, plan to limit their questions to give your call is a chance to answer questions. My first question for you is, who pulled the fire alarm . [laughter] ok. [laughs] well, i didnt. But, thanks for
Areas the Iran Nuclear Agreement and defense departments role for relief efforts in puerto rico. This is 2 1 2 hours. Good morning. The u. S. Senate Armed Services Committee Meets this morning to receive testimony on u. S. Strategy in afghanistan and south asia. We welcome secretary mattis and chairman dunford back to the committee. We thank you both for your many years of distinguished service and leadership of our men and women in uniform. 16 years ago this week u. S. And Coalition Forces began combat operations in afghanistan to eliminate the al qaeda terrorists who attacked our nation and removed the taliban regime that gave them sanctuary. Very few, few would have predicted that 16 years later we would still be fighting what has become americas longest war. To date, we have achieved our mission to prevent afghanistan from becoming a safe haven for terrorists to attack america or our allies and partners. But that success has come at a tremendous price, more than 2,000 americans hav
Good morning. The u. S. Senate Armed Services Committee Meets this morning to receive testimony on u. S. Strategy in afghanistan and south asia. We welcome secretary mattis and chairman dunford back to the committee. We thank you both for your many years of distinguished service and leadership of our men and women in uniform. 16 years ago this week u. S. And Coalition Forces began combat operations in afghanistan to eliminate the al qaeda terrorists who attacked our nation and removed the taliban regime that gave them sanctuary. Very few, few would have predicted that 16 years later we would still be fighting what has become americas longest war. To date, we have achieved our mission to prevent afghanistan from becoming a safe haven for terrorists to attack america or our allies and partners. But that success has come at a tremendous price, more than 2,000 americans have given their lives in this war and over 20,000 have been wounded. I repeat, over 20,000 have been wounded. While we a