Anand also downplayed any friction among NATO allies, saying she's in close touch with U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/anand-ukraine-canada-nato-weapons-1.6817517?cmp=rss

Appearing on BBC Breakfast, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps effectively confirmed a new high-speed rail line would not be built to Manchester but said HS2 trains would still run to the city and to Leeds, albeit on existing tracks.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66998692?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

Asked last year if he would be interested in succeeding Mr Stoltenberg, Mr Wallace admitted it would be 'a nice job' but added that he 'loved' his role as Defence Secretary.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11744855/Defence-Secretary-Ben-Wallace-tipped-NATO-job-Jens-Stoltenberg-confirms-hell-quit.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Ben Wallace seems to be putting himself forward as a candidate and has described the job as a great opportunity, the UK Defence Secretary is currently attending a NATO defence ministers' meeting in Brussels.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1735914/ukraine-live-vladimir-puton-zircon-hypersonic-russia-munich-conference-nato

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has admitted he is fighting an “uphill battle” to secure more funding from Treasury for Britain’s armed forces.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1736862/hms-queen-elizabeth-f35-jets-scotland-ammunition-lord-west-ukraine-putin

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said 120 British forces were involved, and a contingent of Royal Marines were in Port Sudan to “establish the safety of the area and any options”.

Source: https://www.channelstv.com/2023/04/25/uk-evacuation-flights-for-citizens-take-off-from-sudan/

Defence Secretary Grant Shapps told The Sun: "We don’t comment on submarine operations, but we have always been able to fulfil our international commitments."

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1833242/royal-navy-hms-audacious-submarine-expert

Defence Secretary Grant Shapps was told by Laura Kuenssberg that cabinet members are fed up of Suella Braverman "shooting her mouth off"

Source: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/top-tory-grant-shapps-squirms-31418781

He added that Mr Wallace 'did a good job, but he leaves with work in progress', adding: 'And now we have a new Defence Secretary who knows very little about defence, and it's a complex portfolio.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12472357/TikTok-Grant-Shapps-Defence-Secretary.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

“If any group or any country is looking to widen this conflict and take advantage of this very unfortunate situation that we see, our advice is: don’t,” US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said on ABC News.

Source: https://mg.co.za/world/2023-10-23-us-pledges-flow-of-aid-to-gaza/

In the Commons, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said that Ukraine was making “gradual but steady tactical progress” during its long-awaited counter-offensive.

Source: https://www.barryanddistrictnews.co.uk/news/national/23615433.wagner-mutiny-unprecedented-threat-putins-authority-cleverly-says/?ref=rss

Mexican Public Safety Secretary Rosa Icela Rodriguez, centre, and Mexican Defence Secretary Luis Cresencio Sandoval, back left, leave after giving a news conference.

Source: https://www.9news.com.au/world/el-chapo-son-arrest-mexico-nabs-ovidio-guzmn--before-us-president-joe-biden-visits/18d9d11a-a1cf-4b94-bc49-57e3e3b2f305

Sunak has meanwhile been talking up British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace as a candidate to lead Nato before the Western military alliance holds a summit next month in Lithuania, with the prime ministers of Denmark and Estonia also seen as contenders.

Source: https://www.marketscreener.com/news/latest/US-UK-forge-Atlantic-declaration-to-counter-new-threats--44074677/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=20230608

The Defence Secretary has snapped back at Bristol's Student Union after a controversial decision to ban an army-affiliated group from attending the university's freshers' fair.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12551481/bristol-university-otc-welcome-week-freshers.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

The Defence Secretary said: “The part of the report that talks about institutional homophobia is true.

Source: https://www.bicesteradvertiser.net/news/national/23666809.ben-wallace-suggests-alan-turing-statue-trafalgar-squares-fourth-plinth/?ref=rss

The Defence Secretary, speaking at the NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, said: “Who would have predicted Prigozhin would march to Moscow?

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1790222/wallace-mocks-putin-nato

The Defence Secretary used the visit to reaffirm the UK’s commitment to support Ukraine as it defends itself against the Russian invasion of its territory.

Source: https://www.alloaadvertiser.com/news/national/23819028.grant-shapps-visits-president-zelensky-ukraine/?ref=rss

The serious tone was evident earlier, too, at the Pentagon, where Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin greeted Mr Zelensky without the usual ceremonial band and other fanfare.

Source: https://www.bromsgroveadvertiser.co.uk/news/national/23805930.zelensky-seeks-us-support-whirlwind-visit-washington/?ref=rss

UK Defence Secretary meets Zelesnky in Kyiv as Ukraine needs.

Source: https://londonlovesbusiness.com/donald-trump-new-2-1-favourite-to-win-2024-us-election-as-poll-hands-him-lead-over-joe-biden/

Union Defence Secretary Giridhar Aramane on Friday inaugurated the third LCA production line and also handed over the 100th Sukhoi-30 MKI ROH aircraft to Air Vice Marshal Sarin at HAL’s Nashik Division.

Source: https://www.mangalorean.com/hal-hands-over-100th-su-30-mki-roh-aircraft-to-iaf/