Lloyd Austin recommends a $50 billion increase in defense spending
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is recommending that the incoming administration spend $50 billion more on defense than ...
Austin, the first Black defense secretary, ends his term marred by Afghanistan but buoyed by Ukraine
Austin retired from the Army in 2016 only to be asked to return to the Pentagon by President Joe Biden in 2021, making ...
Defense Secretary Austin bids farewell, reflects on term marked by crises and change
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin bid farewell Friday to the forces and personnel he has led through a ...
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Pentagon watchdog finds Lloyd Austin's hospitalization "unnecessarily" increased risks to national security
The Pentagon inspector general found in its review of Secretary of Defense Lloyd ... The report states that during the course of his hospitalization, Austin transferred authority of some of ...
Biden urges troops to ‘remember your oath’ at Defense Department farewell ceremony
Biden urges service members to uphold pledge to ‘support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies ...
The Lloyd void: Ukraine group wrestles with future after Austin leaves
Formed in the aftermath of Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, the Ukraine Defense Contact Group has ballooned to 50-plus member nations and has overseen the transfer of $126 billion worth of ...
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Are there concerns that Trump will halt Ramstein work: What US Secretary of Defense says
The Ramstein format is crucial for supporting Ukraine, and the future administration of Donald Trump will decide its fate, ...
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The Lloyd void: Ukraine group wrestles with future after Austin leaves
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ... officials stress the usefulness of Austin’s hands-on approach and are not eager to see that leadership wane. The United States continues to be “the leader ...
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Pentagon inspector general faults Austin for hospitalization secrecy
The Pentagon’s internal watchdog found that both Defense Secretary Lloyd ... Austin withheld the severity of his setback from virtually everyone on his staff, the inspector general’s report ...
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Lloyd Austin recommends a $50 billion increase in defense spending
Austin’s five-year spending plan includes a projection to spend as much as $1 trillion on defense as soon as ... the total $59 billion given by the United States. Biden also supported the ...
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Austin failed to tell Congress or the White House about his health problems as required, report says
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin did not inform Congress or the White House as required when he was incapacitated due to treatment for prostate cancer or when complications ...