Tag: Official

Fighting continues in the east and south of Ukraine as Russian advances slow to a crawl, grind to a halt in some places, or are slowly reversed in areas like ...

Australian Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles, who is also defense minister, came away from meetings with U.S. defense leaders with a sense that the two countries shared a mission. ...

The Russians are making "slow and uneven advances" through northern Donetsk, a senior military official said speaking on background today.  The Russian invasion of Ukraine has caused hard and brutal ...

The Defense Department does not believe there is any credence to Russia saying its retreat from Snake Island (in the Black Sea area of Ukraine) was a gesture of goodwill, ...

Since the U.S. founded its military, it has strongly supported and actively promoted the recruitment and naturalization of those who are not nationals or citizens, the Defense Department's accession ...

Although the Russians have made incremental gains in the Donbas, it does not appear that they have encircled the city of Lysychansk, a senior Defense Department official said today. ...

A Department of Defense official strongly urged the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to quickly approve the request of Finland and Sweden to join NATO.  "The Department of Defense assesses that ...

The theme for this year's Defense Department Small Business Training Week Conference is "Expand. Innovate. Diversify."   This theme "aligns closely with our priorities," said Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen H. Hicks, ...

Climate change has serious implications for national security, said the Defense Department's chief sustainability officer and senior advisor for climate. Joe Bryan joined a panel discussion yesterday on "U.S. ...

In the broadest sense, Russia has thus far failed to secure its strategic objectives in Ukraine, said the undersecretary of defense for policy. Colin Kahl spoke about the war ...