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Alex Wong/Getty Images (DAMASCUS, Syria) — The parents of Austin Tice, the American freelance journalist and Marine Corps veteran who was kidnapped while reporting in Syria more than a decade ago, spoke out in an interview with ABC News Live Prime on Thursday as the U.S. works to uncover their son’s whereabouts after the collapse […]
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a stunning development, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has revoked the controversial plea deal for alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two accomplices announced on Wednesday, and said he was taking oversight of the military tribunal at Guantanamo. The move, once again, places the death penalty on the table […]
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin (L) listens as Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Manet (R) speaks during a meeting at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh on June 4, 2024. (Str/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin met with Cambodia’s prime minister Tuesday amid concerns in Washington over the kingdom’s relationship […]
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin holds a joint press conference following a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at the Pentagon, May 20, 2024, in Arlington, Va. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The United States’ top military leaders said Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has opened “another front” in the Kharkiv region of […]
![Austin to Israeli defense minister: ‘Civilian casualties [are] far too high’ in Gaza](https://s3.amazonaws.com/syndication.abcaudio.com/files/2024-03-26/GettyImages_LloydAustin_032624.jpg "Austin to Israeli defense minister: ‘Civilian casualties [are] far too high’ in Gaza")
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Tuesday — a day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled the delegation to the United States that was going to discuss plans for an operation in Rafah. Israel pulled its delegation after the U.S. allowed, through abstention, […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was treated for prostate cancer in December, which led to a urinary tract infection and serious intestinal complications, the Pentagon said Tuesday — answering questions about his secretive hospitalization and the botched notification process that followed. On Dec. 22, Austin was admitted to Walter Reed National Medical […]
DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jack Sanders (WASHINGTON) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced Friday that the U.S. will begin training Ukrainian forces on American-made Abrams tanks in the coming weeks. “The M1s that the Ukrainians will use for training will arrive here in Germany in the next few weeks,” Austin said, […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin warned Tuesday that military readiness could be impaired by the growing list of senior military nominations being blocked by Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville over his opposition to a Pentagon abortion policy. “Not approving the recommendation for promotions actually creates a ripple effect with the force that […]
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