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U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, left, shakes hands with Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the start of their bilateral meeting at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 10, 2024.(Issei Kato/Pool Photo via AP)

Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin in Japan to support alliance as Osprey aircraft safety causes concern

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Laos' Defence Minister Chansamone Chanyalath addresses the ASEAN Defence Ministers' informal Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

U.S. defense chief regrets China’s decision not to meet during Southeast Asian security talks

By Jintamas Saksornchai - Associated Press

In this photo reviewed by U.S. military officials, the control tower of Camp VI detention facility is seen on April 17, 2019, in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Plea deals revived for alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and others

By Ellen Knickmeyer - Associated Press

In this photo reviewed by U.S. military officials, the control tower of Camp VI detention facility is seen on April 17, 2019, in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Judge blocks Lloyd Austin’s voiding of plea deals for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, others in 9/11 case

By Ellen Knickmeyer - Associated Press

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks in Greenwich, London, Sept. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, Pool, File)

North Korean troops wearing Russian uniforms are heading toward Ukraine, U.S. says

By Tara Copp and Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, meets soldiers who took part in a training in North Korea, on March 13, 2024. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

North Korean combat troops in Russia heading toward border with Ukraine, Pentagon says

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

North Korean soldiers march during a mass military parade in Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square to celebrate 100 years since the birth of North Korean founder, Kim Il Sung on April 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

U.S. confirms reports that thousands of North Korean troops have been dispatched to Russia

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin attends a meeting with German's Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force of the U.S. Gen. CQ Brown, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Defense Minister Rustem Umerov at Ramstein Air Base in Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany, Friday, Sept. 6, 2024. (Andreas Arnold/dpa via AP)

Pentagon rolls out new initiatives to improve quality of life for troops, families

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a news conference at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Pentagon chief defends decision to throw out plea deal for 9/11 defendants

By Ellen Knickmeyer - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa shake hands before their bilateral meeting at the Foreign Ministry's Iikura guesthouse in Tokyo, Sunday, July 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

U.S.-Japan security talks focus on bolstering military cooperation, underscores threat from China

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin pauses during a meeting with Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur at the Pentagon, Tuesday, July 23, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Pentagon chief calls Vice President Kamala Harris ‘key player’ on national security issues

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting at the Russian Foreign Ministry in Moscow, Russia, Friday, June 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Defense Secretary Austin dismisses Putin’s offer of Ukraine cease-fire

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin looks on during the Shangri-La Dialogue summit at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore, Saturday, June 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian) ** FILE **

Biden administration reassures Asian democracies amid fears U.S. military stretched too thin

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

In this image from video provided by the U.S. Navy, a Chinese J-16 fighter flies aggressively close to a U.S. RC-135 aircraft flying in international airspace over the South China Sea on Friday, May 26, 2023. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning responded Wednesday, May 31, 2023, to complaints from the United States about a Chinese fighter jet’s dangerous interception of an American Air Force reconnaissance aircraft, saying that China would keep taking measures it deems necessary to safeguard its sovereignty. (U.S. Navy via AP, File)

Pentagon chief Austin urges China to respect international waters, airspace

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said in a statement on Saturday that the Chinese destroyer “executed maneuvers in an unsafe manner in the vicinity of Chung-Hoon,” a U.S. destroyer. The incident was filmed and posted online. (U.S. Navy)

Pentagon two weeks from decision on China-focused joint military task force sought by Congress

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times