Defense Secretary Austin will bid farewell Friday following a term that included three major military crises, a global ...

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 Lloyd Austin will bid farewell Friday to the forces and personnel he has led through a tumultuous term that ...

The nation's first Black defense secretary faced three major military crises, a global pandemic and a personal brush with ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin bid farewell Friday to the forces and personnel he has led through a ...

President Vladimir Putin of Russia appalled the world with ... someday bring Mr. Putin’s war of aggression to an end. Lloyd J. Austin III is the secretary of defense. Antony J.

The exiting president made the case that strong American leadership during his administration led to the isolation of Russia after its leader, President Vladimir Putin, launched an unprovoked ...

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin warned the international community ... have pointed to levers that can be used to stop Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and return ...

Outgoing US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin proposes increasing defence spending by $50 billion for 2026, potentially pushing the budget beyond $1 trillion by 2030. The increase seeks to meet ...

Austin’s five-year spending plan includes a projection to spend as much as $1 trillion on defense as soon as 2028. Meanwhile, Biden increased the 2025 budget by just 1%. In a letter dated Nov ...