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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 […]