Antony Blinken Begins ‘Farewell Trip’ to Asia
Secretary of State Antony Blinken departs for a six-nation tour of Asia, derisively described by Chinese state media as his “farewell tour.”
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken departs for a six-nation tour of Asia, derisively described by Chinese state media as his “farewell tour.”
During a high-stakes interview on Black Entertainment Television (BET), His Fraudulency Joe Biden referred to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin as ”the black man” after seeming to forget his name.
Longtime friends of the Biden family were “disturbed” and “shocked” by President Joe Biden’s apparent cognitive decline as early as 2023, according to a damaging report published Thursday.
Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant left Israel on Saturday night to convince the Biden administration to release the shipments of arms and ammunition that Israel says it needs and the White House has claimed it is not withholding.
Hungary says it received guarantees that it wouldnt be required to participate in the Ukraine defence plan, saying it is voluntary.
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) is questioning the Pentagon’s plan to buy solar panels, emphasizing they must not be made in communist China.
Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun rebuffed U.S. concerns about China’s “provocative” behavior toward Taiwan, and told the U.S. to stop sending “wrong signals” to “separatist forces,” at a meeting with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in Singapore on Friday.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is scheduled to meet with Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun in Singapore this weekend, holding the first face-to-face bilateral defense meeting in 18 months.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will be going through a medical procedure on Friday evening. As a result, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks will temporarily “assume” his duties.
The Pentagon has formally ordered all 1,000 American combat troops remaining in Niger to withdraw over the next few months.
Republican officials are blasting the current “wildly anti-Israel” administration for withholding crucial ammunition from Israel in its war on the terror group Hamas, accusing President Joe Biden of “carrying water for the pro-Hamas mob” in order to “appease his radical anti-Semitic base” and the Democrat party’s “pro-Hamas wing” for his own “personal political gain.”
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin confirmed Wednesday at the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense that the U.S. is withholding a shipment of weapons to Israel over concerns about its ongoing attack on Hamas in Rafah.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott wrote a letter to President Joe Biden opposing a Department of the Air Force proposal to transfer National Guard units from state control to federal without the governors’ authorization. The proposal calls for certain National Guard units to be transferred out of the National Guard to the newly created Space Command.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin confirmed on Friday that American troops are sharing space in Niger with Russian military forces.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will testify before the House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, April 17.
Republican lawmakers are attempting to ban the use of a Chinese-owned tutoring company by U.S. military service members and their families.
Sen. J.D. Vance sent a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin sounding the alarm over the country’s $10 billion defense stock deficit.
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) is highlighting the negative outcomes for former servicemembers –who refused to comply with President Joe Biden and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s coronavirus military vaccine mandate – at the State of the Union by inviting a former Green Beret and Army captain named John Frankman, whose career was upended by the now-reversed order, as his guest.
It’s long past time for Congress to grant the 8,600 service members who were discharged from the military for making a personal medical decision the same grace Secretary Lloyd Austin seeks for himself but hypocritically refuses to extend to others.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin claimed there was no break in the chain of command when he was hospitalized in January for days without telling President Biden, but admitted on Thursday it was his aides who decided to transfer his authorities to his deputy when he could not be reached and blamed his staff for not telling the president sooner.
Democrats on Thursday during a congressional hearing with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin defended his failure to inform President Joe Biden that he was in the hospital for three full days amid two wars and troops being under attack in Iraq and Syria.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin testified to Congress on Thursday that it is common for him to go for “days” without speaking to President Joe Biden.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will appear before the House Armed Services Committee on Thursday, February 29, to testify about keeping his hospitalization a secret in January.
The Pentagon announced Sunday that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is back in the hospital, weeks after a lengthy hospitalization following prostate cancer treatment and subsequent complications.
Lloyd Austin has confirmed he will testify to the House Armed Services Committee about keeping his hospitalization a secret from Joe Biden.
Members of the military who were forced to reveal to commanders their COVID-19 vaccination status in order to keep their jobs see a double standard in Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin hiding his hospitalization from his boss, colleagues, and the American public for nearly a week and facing no consequences.
The remains of three U.S. soldiers killed in an attack by an Iranian-made drone in Jordan will arrive back on home soil Friday to a solemn reception from grieving families at Dover Air Force Base.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin apologized on Thursday for his secret hospital visit, during which he seemingly disappeared.
On Monday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Surveillance,” Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Patrick Ryder stated that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin wasn’t “missing” because “We’ve known where he’s been.” Co-host Annmarie Hordern asked, “General, we know that Lloyd Austin is expected
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) on Wednesday announced American forces conducted airstrikes against Kataib Hezbollah (KH), one of the largest and most aggressive Iran-backed Shiite militia groups in Iraq.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made an appearance for the first time this year after he was hospitalized on January 1 for complications stemming from a surgery to treat prostate cancer in December.
The U.S. will host the monthly gathering of some 50 countries struggling to meet Ukraine’s demands for the support it needs to repel Russia, with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin convening events from home Tuesday via a Zoom call.
An aide to Lloyd Austin, who made the 911 call to request an ambulance on January 1, asked that the dispatchers be “subtle” when arriving.
United States Central Command said Sunday that Houthis fired an anti-cruise missile towards the USS Laboon, a guided missile destroyer at approximately 4:45 p.m. local time while it was operating in the Southern Red Sea.
The U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin remains in hospital and is in “good condition” after treatment for prostate cancer, the Pentagon said Saturday. Austin has resumed some of his duties from his hospital bed and is in “contact with his senior staff,” the statement outlined.
On Friday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “The Hill,” Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) stated that while the decision on whether Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin keeps his job is up to President Joe Biden, “I would fire him in about five minutes.” And
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Patrick Ryder stated that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin takes complete responsibility for the failure to inform people of his absence and “this is a deeply personal issue and
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh responded to questions on why President Joe Biden didn’t know about Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s absence since the two should talk frequently by stating that they
Rep. Chris Deluzio (PA) became the first Democrat to call on Defense Secretary LLoyd Austin to resign after he was hospitalized on January 1 but did not tell President Biden.
The Department of Defense (DOD) inspector general (IG) is investigating Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization.