U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III shares a laugh with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the NATO defense ministerial at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, Oct. 22, 2021. NATO leaders are conducting their first in-person defense ministerial since the beginning of the
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON – PENTAGON – Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III spoke with Israeli counterpart Defense Minister Benny Gantz Thursday at the Pentagon and reiterated the United States’ “ironclad support” for Israel’s right to defend itself. Gantz first
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin and Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz speak to reporters following a meeting at the Israeli Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, Israel, April 11, 2021. (Credit: Matty Stern, U.S. Embassy Israel) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON –
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday told visiting U.S. Secretary of State Lloyd Austin in Tel Aviv that in the Middle East “there is no threat that is more serious, more dangerous, more pressing than that posed by the
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin and Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz speak to reporters following a meeting at the Israeli Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, Israel, April 11, 2021. (Credit: Matty Stern, U.S. Embassy Israel) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Defense