Lloyd Austin

The top U.S. military officer is in Greece meeting with NATO counterparts this weekend, and Army Gen. Mark Milley is hoping to forge more basing, intelligence-sharing and other agreements to prevent terrorist groups from regrouping in Afghanistan, and threatening America and the region.

France said it will immediately recall its ambassadors to the United States and Australia, in protest of a submarine deal unveiled earlier this week.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during a contentious congressional hearing on Monday that the Taliban “is the de facto government of Afghanistan.”

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken are heading to the Persian Gulf to begin managing a transition to post-Afghan war relationships with traditional allies in the Middle East and beyond who were partners in the failed war against the Taliban and the concluding evacuation.

More than 23,000 Afghan refugees deemed to be “at risk” have arrived in the United States, State Department spokesman Ned Price said Wednesday.

President Biden’s national security adviser said that 3,900 people were airlifted out of Kabul over the past 24 hours.

Biden administration officials say the U.S. military is considering “creative ways” to get Americans and others into the Kabul airport for evacuation from Afghanistan amid “acute” security threats.

The Pentagon on Wednesday acknowledged that it does not currently have the capability to safely escort Americans in Kabul to the airport for evacuation.

The Pentagon says it will be requiring all members of the U.S. military to receive a COVID-19 vaccine by Sept. 15, a deadline that could be moved forward if it receives final FDA approval or if infection rates continue to rise.

The Pentagon on Monday said it would seek to make Covid-19 vaccines mandatory for service members no later than the middle of September.

The Pentagon will require members of the U.S. military to get the COVID-19 vaccine by Sept. 15, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press

Before talks with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman even ended, China said the relationship “is now in a stalemate and faces serious difficulties.”

President Joe Biden backed Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s decision to press for removal of sexual assault case prosecutions from the chain of command.

President Joe Biden has promised Afghanistan’s top leaders a “sustained” partnership even as he moves to accelerate winding down the United States’ longest war amid escalating Taliban violence

Top Pentagon leaders are defending the military’s approach to addressing racism and extremism and pushing back against accusations by Republican lawmakers that the effort is creating division and hurting morale

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says he will support long-debated changes to the military justice system that would remove decisions on prosecuting sexual assault cases from military commanders

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin signaled to lawmakers Thursday that he supports stripping commanding officers of the authority to decide whether troops accused of sexual assault should face prosecution, NBC News reports.

National Guard troops began Monday to depart the U.S. Capitol grounds following a five-month deployment after the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection.

In his first major speech as Pentagon chief, Lloyd Austin called for developing a “new vision” for American defense in the face of emerging cyber and space threats and the prospect of fighting bigger wars

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin visited the Vietnam Memorial to commemorate National Vietnam War Veterans Day.