Senior U.S. and Chinese military officials met at the Pentagon for discussions focused on U.S.-China defense relations, a resumption of policy coordination talks last held in September 2021.
The U.S. is committed to preventing conflict through deterrence by making clear to its competitors that the costs of aggression would far outweigh any conceivable benefits, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks said.
The Pentagon announced Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III remains at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., while recovering from complications related to a mid-December surgery to treat prostate cancer.
The Defense Department is making leaps when it comes to fielding cutting edge technologies, a senior Pentagon policy official said.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III resumed full duties and remains in contact with senior advisors while continuing to recover from experiencing complications from an elective medical procedure, the Pentagon press secretary said.
The U.S. remains committed to providing a persistent defensive presence in the Red Sea alongside allies and partners, the commander of Naval Forces Central Command said.
U.S. forces in Iraq conducted a self-defense strike that killed Mushtaq Jawad Kazim al-Jawari, a leader of the Iran-backed Harakat-al-Nujaba terrorist group that is operating both in Iraq and Syria, the Pentagon press secretary said.
Through innovative training and resources, the Defense Department Combating Trafficking in Persons office focuses on efforts to prevent human trafficking.
