By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III offered his condolences to Capitol Police and to the family of the officer killed in today’s deadly incident on Capitol Hill. A Capitol Police officer was killed Friday afternoon after vehicle
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III spoke today with Ukrainian Minister of Defence Andrii Taran and reaffirmed unwavering U.S. support for Ukraine’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, and Euro-Atlantic aspirations, the Pentagon said in a statement. Austin condemned recent escalations
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES In a sharp rebuke to the Trump-era mindset that condemned transgender people and banned them from joining the military, the Pentagon Wednesday issued new policies allowing them to to serve openly as transgender in U.S. forces. The policy
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a virtual town hall meeting with U.S. Mission to the United Nations staff, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 29, 2021. [State Department photo by Freddie Everett] By Gary Raynaldo
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON – PENTAGON – A Department of Defense official said U.S. forces and their families will be separated from unvaccinated migrant children housed at a vacant dormitory at Joint Base San Antonio – Lackland, Texas. The DOD last week
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Department of Defense Wednesday approved a request for assistance from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to temporarily house unaccompanied migrant children at a vacant dormitory at Joint Base San Antonio – Lackland, Texas. The move
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III meets with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 21, 2021. (credit: Lisa Ferdinando, DOD) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan this weekend as the
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin told Defense Minister Suh Wook of the Republic of Korea in Seoul, Korea that bilateral cooperation between both countries is essential to push back the increased “aggression” from Beijing and North Korea.
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin participate in a 2+2 meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi, in Tokyo, Japan on March 16, 2021. [State Department photo by Ron Przysucha/] By Gary
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin has embarked on a trip to the Indo-Pacific region to shore up alliances and partnerships with an eye on China. Defense Secretary Austin along with U.S. Secretary of State Anthony J. Blinken