Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin used a speech at West Point Wednesday to forcefully endorse having women in combat roles and ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told West Point cadets the women he had witnessed in combat had been "incredibly" capable, ...

Trump's Pentagon pick Hegseth has said he was opposed to having women in combat roles. Read more at straitstimes.com.

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin welcomed the ceasefire agreed to by Israel and Lebanon, which went into effect at 4:00 a ...

A Pentagon study into the extent of extremism in the US military used old, flawed data according to a new analysis. Also: neo ...

In the meeting in Laos, the two leaders held discussions on wide-ranging issues and reaffirming their support for the growing ...

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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka held a joint news conference from Fiji, marking the first visit of a U.S. defense secretary to the island nation.

Nov. 27 (UPI) --U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin placed pre-holiday calls on Tuesday and Wednesday to members of each branch of the U.S. military to wish them a happy Thanksgiving.

China on Thursday blamed Washington's support for Taiwan for the failure of the two countries' defence ministers to meet this ...