View OnlineSecretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Hosts Bilateral in Honor of His Excellency Ng Eng Hen Minister of Defense of SingaporeJuly 15, 2024SECRETARY OF DEFENSE LLOYD AUSTIN: Minister Ng, welcome back to the Pentagon. It's great to see you again, so soon after you graciously hosted me in Singapore, in May during the Shangri La dialogue. Singapore remains one of our most valued defense partners, and I'm proud that our defense partnership keeps growing stronger.Last December, our teams finalized the security of ...Continue Reading

View OnlineDeputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh Holds an Off-Camera Press BriefingJuly 15, 2024DEPUTY PRESS SECRETARY SABRINA SINGH:  All right. Hello, everyone. Good morning. All right, so a few things at the top and then happy to start diving in and taking your questions.As you saw over the weekend, horrific events unfolded at a Trump political rally. And as Secretary Austin said on Saturday, this type of violence has absolutely no place in our democracy. This is not the way we resolve our differe ...Continue Reading

View OnlineDeputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh Holds a Press BriefingJuly 12, 2024DEPUTY PRESS SECRETARY SABRINA SINGH: Hi. Good afternoon. Happy Friday. Thanks for being here today. I know we don't usually do briefings on a Friday, so appreciate you adjusting your schedules. So first, starting off, I'd like to acknowledge the end of a successful week of the NATO summit. As you know, Secretary Austin had engagements throughout the week with his counterparts, including bilateral engagements and hosting a dinner ...Continue Reading

• NATO Secretary General concludes landmark 75th Anniversary Washington Summit • NATO Through Time podcast – A transatlantic alliance with former Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller Click here to view in your browser 12 July 2024 Update NATO Secretary General concludes landmark 75th ...Continue Reading

View OnlineRemarks for Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Ely Ratner 2024 CSIS South China Sea ConferenceJuly 11, 2024Track Record and Trajectory: U.S-Philippine Defense Ties Since 2021Thank you, Greg, for that introduction. And thanks as always to CSIS for bringing together the South China Sea Conference, and to all of you for being here today. This continues to be one of the most important gatherings of experts on security issues in the Indo-Pacific – not just here in Wa ...Continue Reading

• Statement of the NATO-Ukraine Council Click here to view in your browser Press Release 11 July 2024 Statement of the NATO-Ukraine Council issued by the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council in Washington, D.C. 11th July 2024 1. We, the Heads of State and Govern ...Continue Reading

View OnlineSecretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Remarks at the 2024 NATO Summit Defense Ministerial DinnerJuly 10, 2024SECRETARY OF DEFENSE LLOYD J. AUSTIN III: Well, good evening, everybody. Thanks for being here. It's great to see so many colleagues here tonight. I really appreciate you – you joining us for dinner.I told many of our colleagues that I – I cooked dinner tonight, but truth be known you probably already figured out that I didn't cook dinner.But I would like to thank ...Continue Reading

• NATO Industrial Capacity Expansion Pledge Click here to view in your browser Press Release 10 July 2024 NATO Industrial Capacity Expansion Pledge Transatlantic defence industrial cooperation is a critical part of NATO’s deterrence and defence. Our defence industry provides us with the equipment we need to fight, strength ...Continue Reading

• Déclaration du Sommet de Washington Click here to view in your browser Press Release 10 July 2024 Déclaration du Sommet de Washington publiée par les chefs d’État et de gouvernement des pays membres de l’OTAN à l’issue de ...Continue Reading

• Washington Summit Declaration Click here to view in your browser Press Release 10 July 2024 Washington Summit Declaration issued by the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Washington, D.C. 10 July 2024 [*] We, the Heads of State and Government of the North Atlantic Alliance, have ...Continue Reading