Washington. Squirrel through and spend a few minutes on cspans points of interest. Defense secretary lloyd austin made its first public appearance since he was hospitalized for complications of a procedure to treat Prostate Cancer to give the opening remarks at a Virtual Meeting of the Ukraine Defense contact group. This is just over five minutes. Good day everyone. Thanks for working across time zones to join us for the 18th meeting of the Ukraine Defense group. We are eager to enter this new year with new energy and we are all here to reaffirm our support for a free, secure and sovereign ukraine. And to ensure we continue to give ukraine the capability it needs for the winter and beyond. Ukraine is not alone. Around the world ukraine france has stepped up to help ukraines brave troops resist putins aggression. We formed a historic International Coalition rooted in shared interest in common principles. The United States remains determined to support ukraine its fight for freedom im es
The heart European Security and countries of the heart of the United Nations sovereignty. Territorial integrity and independence. Drawing back borders and independence. Drawing back borders by force will embolden would be aggressors everywhere. It the prime would be aggressors everywhere. It the Prime Minister ofjapan said, ukraine the Prime Minister ofjapan said, ukraine of the Prime Minister ofjapan said, ukraine of today may be the East Asia Of Ukraine of today may be the east asia of tomorrow. Through defence contact asia of tomorrow. Through Defence Contact Groups which were set up shortly contact groups which were set up shortly after putins invasion and led by shortly after putins invasion and led by the shortly after putins invasion and led by the secretary of defence, more led by the secretary of defence, more than 50 countries working hand in hand with the military to identify hand in hand with the military to identify and fulfil urgent needs. We have the identify and fulfil
Scene at the Nonfiction Book Publishing Industry with industry of disk updates and bestsellers list. Find all the podcast by downloading our free cspan now app wherever you get your podcast and on cspan. Org podcast. Now, u. S. Defense secretary general lloyd austin and new chair of the joint chiefs of staff staff speaking about the attack by hamas on israel and continued u. S. Military support for ukraine. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you so much for being here today. It is my pleasure to introduce secretary of defense lloyd austin iii and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general c. Q. Brown jr. The secretary and the chairman will have some brief opening comments and then well have time to take just a few questions. Please note, i will be moderating those questions and due to our time constraints, i just ask your followups to give your colleagues a chance to ask their questions. With that, mr. Secretary. Sorry about the delay. Its a busy day, as you know. The chairman and i w
Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you so much for being here today. It is my pleasure to introduce secretary of defense lloyd austin iii and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general c. Q. Brown jr. The secretary and the chairman will have some brief opening comments and then well have time to take just a few questions. Please note, i will be moderating those questions and due to our time constraints, i just ask your followups to give your colleagues a chance to ask their questions. With that, mr. Secretary. Sorry about the delay. Its a busy day, as you know. The chairman and i were on a Conference Call that went a bit long. But we just held another highly successful meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group. But before i turn to that, i want to take a few moments to discuss the vicious assault by hamas on the state of israel. The more we learn about these sickening atrocities, the worse it gets. Hamas deliberately targeted civilians and massacred them just because they are jews.
Rare. Hi. But friends dont have to be. This is joe. When youre connected, youre not alone. Cox supports cspan as a public service, along with these other television providers. Giving you a front row seat to democracy. Defense secretary lloyd austin talked about the attack by hamas on israel and continued u. S. Military support for ukraine. He was at a nato headquarters along with the chair of the joint chiefs of staff, general c. Q. Brown. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you so much for being here today. It is my pleasure to introduce secretary of defense lloyd austin iii and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general c. Q. Brown jr. The secretary and the chairman will have some brief opening comments and then well have time to take just a few questions. Please note, i will be moderating those questions and due to our time constraints, i just ask your followups to give your colleagues a chance to ask their questions. With that, mr. Secretary. Sorry about the delay. Its a busy day,