At a news conference Friday, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin noted Germany’s denial that it had linked one type of tank to the other.

Source: https://www.41nbc.com/defense-chiefs-fail-to-resolve-dispute-on-tanks-for-ukraine/

However, China reportedly rebuffed a U.S. request for a meeting between Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin while both were attending the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore over the weekend.

Source: https://thediplomat.com/2023/06/senior-us-chinese-diplomats-hold-candid-talks-to-avoid-escalation-of-tensions/

In 2020, the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency assessed “that the United Arab Emirates may provide some financing for the group’s operations.”

Source: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/government-news/2023/04/leaked-us-intel-russia-operatives-claimed-new-ties-with-uae/

It’s the time when the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and the U.S. Defense Department’s warfighting and functional commands all come back to Congress, hat in hand, and ask lawmakers for more money that the Biden administration didn’t put in the budget.

Source: https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/03/30/pentagon-us-defense-department-budget-congress/

“It would compound this tragedy if all that was waiting for the Israeli people and your Palestinian neighbors at the end of this awful war was more insecurity, fury and despair,” U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said during a visit to Israel Monday.

Source: https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2023/1219/Recognitions-for-peace-in-Gaza?icid=rss

The statement Thursday by Pyongyang’s Foreign Ministry was in response to comments by U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.

Source: https://krdo.com/news/2023/02/01/north-korea-warns-of-toughest-reaction-to-allies-drills/

The United States finds itself in a “uniquely treacherous position,” former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates recently.

Source: https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/11/07/china-philippines-us-biden-alliance-asia-south-china-sea/

The U.S. Defense Department had previously recommended against sending the Abrams vehicles, arguing the German Leopard 2 tanks were better suited to the conflict.

Source: https://1010wcsi.com/fox-politics/us-evaluating-2-ukrainian-pilots-for-attack-aircraft-after-ukraine-pleas-for-f-16s-report/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=us-evaluating-2-ukrainian-pilots-for-attack-aircraft-after-ukraine-pleas-for-f-16s-repo

The U.S. Defense Department's new Office of Strategic Capital is charged with not just the investments themselves, but also identifying critical tech areas for DOD "that the private sector has not sufficiently supported."

Source: https://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2023/08/nato-creates-investment-fund-target-tech-startups/389295/

“This is an international challenge that demands collective action,” U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced early Tuesday in Bahrain.

Source: https://www.jewishledger.com/2023/12/us-led-coalition-to-counter-houthi-attacks-in-red-sea/

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin held a call with China's then-defence minister Wei Fenghe, the first talks between the two since Biden took office.

Source: https://www.marketscreener.com/news/latest/Top-US-China-exchanges-since-Biden-took-office--44137369/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=20230618

Washington would be given access to four more locations under the 2014 Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA), U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Philippines’ Defense Secretary Carlito Galvez said in a joint news conference.

Source: https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/philippines-grants-u-s-greater-access-to-bases-amid-china-concerns-3