View Online USD (Policy) Dr. Kahl Press Conference Aug. 8, 2022 STAFF:  All right, good afternoon, everyone. Joining us today is Dr. Colin Kahl, the under secretary of defense for policy.  Dr. Kahl will open with a statement which highlights the next round of security assistance for Ukraine under the presidential drawdown authority.  We'll then open up to the room and to the phones for Q&A.  We have around a 30-minute hard stop today, so we'll do our best to get around as best we can. And with that ...Continue Reading

• NATO Secretary General on Utøya: we must stand for our values, support Ukraine • Video - What's in the kit of a French CBRN defence specialist? Click here to view in your browser 5 August 2022 Update NATO Secretary General on Utøya: we must stand for our values, support Ukraine NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg addresse ...Continue Reading

• NATO air forces train over Romania • Video - Croatian Special Forces team up with US Navy Seals Click here to view in your browser 29 July 2022 Update NATO air forces train over Romania Fighter jets and surveillance aircraft from seven NATO countries held air-to-ground warfare drills over Romania on 28 July 2022. The one-day event inc ...Continue Reading

• NATO Secretary General to address AUF meeting in Utøya, Norway Click here to view in your browser Press Release 27 July 2022 PR (2022) 113 NATO Secretary General to address AUF meeting in Utøya, Norway On Thursday 4 August 2022, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will deliver a speech to the Arbeidernes ungdomsf ...Continue Reading

• Belgium wraps up NATO deployment in Baltic airspace • Video - US Navy Carrier Strike Group sails under NATO command Click here to view in your browser 22 July 2022 Update Belgium wraps up NATO deployment in Baltic airspace A detachment of four Belgian F-16 fighter aircraft is set to wrap up eight months of activities at the end of July, af ...Continue Reading

View Online Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army General Mark A. Milley Hold a Press Conference July 20, 2022 STAFF:  Good afternoon, everyone.  Today was the fourth convening of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, the second one held virtually. We'll start with some opening remarks by the Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin and by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley.  Following their remarks, we'll open the floor up to some questi ...Continue Reading

View Online Space Development Agency Director, Dr. Derek Tournear, Holds a Briefing on Tranche 1 Tracking Layer Contract Awards July 19, 2022 Space Development Agency Media Roundtable with SDA Director Dr. Derek Tournear STAFF:  Good morning. I’m Jenn Elzea….This meeting is being recorded.. On the record, off camera. SDA DIRECTOR DEREK TOURNEAR:  Thank you Jenn. I know we have people in the room who don’t normally follow us so I’ll give a little more background about SDA. SDA was created in 2019 to field a c ...Continue Reading

View Online Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Remarks Welcoming Greek Minister of Defense Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos July 18, 2022 SECRETARY OF DEFENSE LLOYD J. AUSTIN III: Mr. Minister, I'm delighted to finally host you at the Pentagon, and it's great to see you again after the NATO Summit in Madrid, which was -- which was a great and historic summit. That Summit underscored the importance of transatlantic relationships to our shared security. And that's especially crucial as Ukraine continues to fight back agai ...Continue Reading

• Visit to NATO by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Click here to view in your browser Press Release 18 July 2022 PR (2022) 112 Visit to NATO by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan On Tuesday, 19 July 2022, the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg, will meet with the Minister Foreign Affairs of Azerb ...Continue Reading

• NATO Secretary General meets with members of EU Parliament Click here to view in your browser 15 July 2022 Update NATO Secretary General meets with members of EU Parliament Speaking with members of the EU Parliament on 13 July 2022, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg described the NATO Summit in Madrid as “historic and transformative”. The Secretary General was attending a joint meeting of the Euro ...Continue Reading