View Online Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen Hicks and U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM) Commander General Stephen Townsend Speak With Traveling Press at USAFRICOM HQ, Stuttgart Germany May 25, 2022 DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE KATHLEEN HICKS: Great, so I'll kick off. So great to be here, and to be sitting aside General Townsend. And what I thought I would do at the very beginning here is just raise three general points relating to the discussions we had this morning on AFRICOM. First, we know the growing number ...Continue Reading

View Online Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen Hicks and Norwegian Ministry of Defence State Secretary Bent-Joacim Bentzen Conduct a Press Conference Aboard USS Porter in Oslo, Norway May 26, 2022 STAFF: Good morning everybody, I’m Lieutenant Colonel Meiners from DOD Public Affairs. This morning we're joined by State Secretary Bentzen and Deputy Secretary Hicks. We have 30 minutes this morning. State Secretary Bentzen will make some opening remarks, and then Dr. Hicks, and then we'll do Q&A. I'll call on folks, ...Continue Reading

View Online Secretary Of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark Milley Hold a Press Briefing, May 23, 2022 May 23, 2022 PRESS SECRETARY JOHN F. KIRBY:  Okay, everybody, as you know, the secretary hosted the second Contact Group on Ukraine.  He and the chairman are prepared to give you some opening comments, kind of reading that meeting out, and then we have time for just a few questions.  So I'll leave it to the secretary. Sir. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE LLOYD J. ...Continue Reading

View Online Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby Holds a Press Briefing May 20, 2022 PRESS SECRETARY JOHN F. KIRBY: Hello, everybody. Happy Friday. Technically I'm only 10 minutes late because I moved the brief time to 2:00. The -- the Meyers disapproval. Evident as always. Welcome back.  OK, so, a couple of things at the top here if I can get this to work. All right, so far, so good. I think you know that this morning, the Secretary met with the Colombian Minister of National Defense Diego Molano and reaffirme ...Continue Reading

• Finland and Sweden submit applications to join NATO • NATO deploy Patriot missile air defence system to Slovakia Click here to view in your browser 20 May 2022 Update Finland and Sweden submit applications to join NATO Finland and Sweden on 18 May 2022 simultaneously handed in their official letters of application to join NATO. Mr Sto ...Continue Reading

• The NATO Secretary General to attend World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Click here to view in your browser Press Release 20 May 2022 PR (2022) 086 The NATO Secretary General to attend World Economic Forum Annual Meeting On Tuesday, 24 May 2022, the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg will attend the Annual Meeting of th ...Continue Reading

• NATO Secretary General meets the Chair of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Click here to view in your browser Press Release 20 May 2022 PR (2022) 087 NATO Secretary General meets the Chair of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina On Wednesday, 25 May 2022, the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg, will receive th ...Continue Reading

View Online Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby Holds a Press Briefing May 19, 2022 PRESS SECRETARY JOHN F. KIRBY:  A new record.  I do my best to be late for you.  OK.  Quite a few things to get through at the top here.  So bear with me.  I think you all should have now, if you -- if you don't when you back to your desk you'll have it a statement by the department about the next tranche of presidential draw down authority.  Another $100 million dollars.  This was in preexist ...Continue Reading

View Online Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Remarks Welcoming Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles to the Pentagon May 19, 2022 SECRETARY OF DEFENSE LLOYD J. AUSTIN III:  Minister Robles, it's an honor to welcome you to the Pentagon.  Thanks so much for coming.   And we look forward to Spain hosting the NATO Summit in Madrid next month.  We're excited about that.  We're meeting today at an important moment in European history, when democratic values and the rules-based internatio ...Continue Reading

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