Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III met with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at the Pentagon, where they discussed cooperation and coordination critical to collective security and to regional peace and prosperity.
Authorities set to expire under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act play a critical role in defending against foreign adversaries and need to be reauthorized by Congress, senior defense officials said.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and President Joe Biden met with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan at the White House to discuss strengthening the U.S.-Japan relationship.
The National Defense Industrial Strategy is driven by four priorities, including building resilient supply chains, investing in workforce readiness, leveraging flexible acquisition strategies and enabling economic deterrence.
By pursuing integrated deterrence, including cyber, the Defense Department continues to be ready to fight and win the nation’s wars, a senior DOD cyber policy official said.
The SAVE plan is an income-driven repayment plan that calculates payments based on a borrower’s income and family size and forgives remaining balances after a certain number of years.
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act grants the government the ability to acquire foreign intelligence information by conducting targeted surveillance of foreign persons located outside of the United States.
Maintaining peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific serves as the key factor driving the selection of advanced capabilities in the AUKUS security partnership between the U.S., U.K. and Australia, senior officials said.
