Category: Lloyd Austin

LIVE 10 AM ET: Defense Secretary Austin Welcomes Ukraine Prime Minister to Pentagon

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin welcomes Ukraine Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal to the Pentagon at 10:00 a.m. ET on April 12. …


LIVE: Defense Secretary Austin Welcomes Ukraine Prime Minister to Pentagon

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin welcomes Ukraine Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal to the Pentagon at 10:00 a.m. ET on April 12. …


Austin Vows to ‘Investigate and Turn Over Every Rock’ to Find Source of Intel Leak

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin vowed on April 11 to “investigate and turn over every rock” to find who was behind the leaking of Pentagon documents. “We take this very seriously and we will continue to investigate and turn over every rock until we find the source of this and the extent of it,” he said…


Myocarditis Diagnoses Spiked in Military in 2021, New Data Show

The rate of myocarditis spiked in the military in 2021, newly disclosed data show. Diagnoses of myocarditis, a form of heart inflammation, jumped 130.5 percent in 2021 when compared to the average from the years 2016 to 2020, according to data from the Defense Medical Epidemiology Database (DMED). The data was downloaded by a whistleblower and presented…


LIVE 2:15 PM ET: Top US Defense Officials Hold Briefing After Ukraine Defense Contact Group Meeting

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and the Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Army General Mark Milley hold a briefing at 2:15 p.m. ET on March 15 after the Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting. …


Top US Defense Officials Hold Briefing After Ukraine Defense Contact Group Meeting

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and the Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Army General Mark Milley hold a briefing at 2:15 p.m. ET on March 15 after the Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting. …


Top Republican Senators Press Pentagon for Unanswered Questions About Chinese Spy Balloon

Leading Senate Republicans are criticizing the Pentagon for avoiding their questions about the Chinese spy balloon that flew over the United States for days before being shot down. In a letter Wednesday to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Sens. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), the top Republicans on the Armed Services and Intelligence committees,…


NTD Good Morning (Mar. 7): 103 Unaccompanied Minors Found in Abandoned Truck Trailer in MX; US Defense Secretary Visits Iraq

One of the biggest recent discoveries of migrant children traveling through Mexico, they were found inside an abandoned truck trailer. And the search for four Americans kidnapped in Mexico continues. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made an unannounced trip to Iraq on Mar. 7. His visit comes nearly 20 years after the U.S. led conflict…


NTD Good Morning (March 7): 103 Unaccompanied Minors Found in Abandoned Truck Trailer in Mexico; US Defense Secretary Visits Iraq

In one of the biggest recent discoveries of those migrant children traveling through Mexico, 103 unaccompanied minors were found inside an abandoned truck trailer. And the search for four Americans kidnapped in Mexico continues. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made an unannounced trip to Iraq on March 7. His visit comes nearly 20 years after…


Tuberville Decries ‘Radical’ DOD Abortion Policy, Vows to Place Nominees on Hold

Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama said he will place a hold on civilian and military Defense Department nominees that come before the Senate in response to the department’s “radical” new policy to provide transportation and paid leave for service members seeking abortions. “The Secretary of Defense is following through with his radical plan to…