Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is bidding farewell to the forces and personnel he's led through a tumultuous term.

The latest aid package, drawn from existing weapons and equipment stockpiles within the Department of Defense, will provide Kyiv with air defense missiles; air-to-ground munitions; and equipment

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin used their final meeting in Germany to press the incoming Trump administration not to give up on Kyiv’s fight.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a press ... In response to the invasion, Austin created the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, a coalition of more than 50 partner nations that have ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin bid farewell Friday to the forces and personnel he has led through a tumultuous term that had three major military crises, a global pandemic and a personal brush with cancer that became a flashpoint for the way it was mishandled.

Ukraine will be given what it requires ‘to fight for its survival and security,’ U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III says in a speech in Kyiv. Oct. 21, 2024 Ukraine is in the midst of ...

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will bid farewell ... In response to the invasion, Austin created the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, a coalition of more than 50 partner nations ...

Austin, the First Black Defense Secretary, Ends His Term Marred by Afghanistan but Buoyed by Ukraine WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin bid farewell Friday to the forces and ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, right, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attend a meeting of the Ukraine Contact Group at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Thursday, Jan. 9 ...

President Donald Trump’s national security adviser has sidelined about 160 National Security Council staffers, telling them to work from home while the administration reviews staffing and tries to align it with Trump’s agenda.

On Secretary Austin’s farewell speech; Jean-Marie Le Pen; Congressman Mike Turner; Marigold Johnson; and more.

During his time Austin oversaw the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, led the more than 50-nation coalition supporting Ukraine in its war with Russia, and directed the most intense naval combat operation since World War II in the Red Sea, following the Hamas attack upon Israel.