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Putin thought that he could easily topple Kyiv’s democratically elected government. He thought that the wider world would let him get away with it. He thought that our unity would splinter, but he was wrong – on each and every count.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
As Secretary of Defense, I will also not hesitate to take any additional measures necessary to safeguard our nation’s secrets, accordingly, I am directing the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security to conduct a review of our intelligence access, accountability and control procedures within the Department to inform our efforts to prevent this kind of incident from happening again.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
As President Biden has made clear, we will take all necessary measures to defend our people and will always respond at a time and place of our choosing, no group will strike our troops with impunity.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
We have to deliver swiftly and fully on our promised commitments, that includes delivering our armored capabilities to the battlefield and ensuring that Ukrainian soldiers get the training, spare parts and maintenance support that they need to use these new systems as soon as possible.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
I expect you to reverse the harmful trends at our [military service academies], now is the time to employ the resources with which we have been entrusted and advance our common way forward.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
Over the past year, Russia’s military cooperation with Iran has deepened. and that poses serious challenges for this region and for the safety of your citizens, iran is gaining important battlefield expertise and experience in Ukraine that will eventually transfer to its dangerous proxies in the Middle East.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
Iran is gaining important battlefield expertise and experience in Ukraine that will eventually transfer to its dangerous proxies in the Middle East.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
We’re training and equipping several brigades of mechanized infantry — that’s a pretty substantial capability, in addition to that, additional artillery, and so they’ll have the ability to breach Russian defenses and maneuver, and I think that will create a different dynamic.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
I think the things that we’re doing, the capability that we’re providing – again, capability, not just a platform – the capabilities that we’re providing I think will enable the Ukrainians begin to change the dynamics on the battlefield, and so rather than having a stalemate, what you’ll probably see is Ukrainians shaping this fight so they can create opportunities for themselves and exploit those opportunities going forward.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
[W]hat the Ukrainians are interested in is getting the Russians out of their sovereign territory, and I think that’s probably going to be their going-in point, but I’ll let the Ukrainians speak for themselves.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
As long as Ukraine continues to conduct operations and continues to work to take back its sovereign territory, we’ll be there with them.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
And so rather than having a stalemate, what you’ll probably see is Ukrainians shaping this fight so they can create opportunities for themselves and exploit those opportunities going forward.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
I’ve engaged my counterpart early on and told him that this would be a very bad mistake if China were to do this. It would complicate things.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
Section 525 of the NDAA for FY 2023 requires me to rescind the mandate that members of the armed forces be vaccinated against Covid-19, issued in my August 24, 2021 memorandum … I hereby rescind that memorandum.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
These include the ability of commanders to consider, as appropriate, the individual immunization status of personnel in making deployment, assignment, and other operational decisions, including when vaccination is required for travel to, or entry into, a foreign nation.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
Our men and women in uniform and their families have enough to worry about, basic necessities like food and housing shouldn’t be among them.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
I don't know if they fielded those weapons, but they're testing those weapons.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I believe that future generations will look back on how we all serve the cause of freedom at this pivotal moment, they all take inspiration from the resilience and the valor of the Ukrainian people. They'll take heart from the way that nations of goodwill rallied against Putin's aggression.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Dwight Eisenhower said that Dwight Eisenhower and the alliance leaders had shared ‘ the same passionate hope of serving free humanity and of making it secure. ’ We still share that hope. We still keep that flame burning.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We remain open to future diplomacy -- and fully prepared to deter and to defeat future aggression.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
The concerns of the DPRK [ Democratic People's Republic of Korea ] are not addressed by the international community.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
We remain focused on maintaining peace, stability and the status quo across the Taiwan Strait, but the PRC’s moves threaten to undermine security, and stability, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
When choosing between what is easy and what is right, let us live by the example of our fallen warriors, and when those values that we hold dear are put to the test, let us live by the ideals that they gave their lives to defend.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
This unlawful and unprovoked aggression by Putin has the effect of changing the security architecture in the region for some time to come, we do expect that it will change our footprint. In terms of how much it changes the Defense Lloyd Austin contribution, that's left to be seen.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
Antony Blinken want to see Russia weakened to the degree that it can't do the kinds of things that it has done in invading Ukraine.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
Our focus in the meeting was to talk about those things that would enable us to win the current fight and also build for tomorrow.
Found on Reuters 2 years ago
One of our goals has been to limit Russia's ability to do something like this again, as Defense Lloyd Austin said. That's why we are arming the Ukrainians with weapons and equipment to defend themselves from Russian attacks, and it's why we are using sanctions and export controls that are directly targeted at Russia's defense industry to undercut Russia's economic and military power to threaten and attack its neighbors.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
So it has already lost a lot of military capability, and a lot of its troops, quite frankly. And we want to see them not have the capability to very quickly reproduce that capability.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
It is extremely dangerous to stay in the cities now. The shelling intensified.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
This is the most capable, most combat critical force in the world, it has been and it will be so going forward, and this budget helps us to do that, not if we continue down this path. Not if we continue to embrace socialism.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
I think if a chemical or biological weapon was used, you would see a significant reaction from not only the United States, but also the global community, i think what we've seen from the Russians in the past is they're raising issues and creating a pretext so that if they did something in the battle space, they could blame it on somebody else, either Ukrainians or us, NATO.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Well, certainly we’ve all been shocked by the brutality that we continue to witness day in and day out, these attacks that we’ve seen most recently appear to be focused directly on civilians.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Of course, you know, if you attack civilians on purpose, target civilians purposely, then that’s not – that is a crime, so, these actions are under review by our State Department, and, of course, there will be and there’s a process that will go through to review all of this.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Russian mechanized forces, which came in from Belarus, are 20 miles outside of Kyiv.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I was a soldier Defense Lloyd Austin on Thursday not that long ago, and I know firsthand that you don't do these sort of things for no reason, and you certainly don't do them if you're getting ready to pack up and go home, so we and our allies will stay vigilant.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
This is absolutely serious, we are distracted now by Russia, but China is the real threat.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
I have informed my leadership team of my positive test result, as well as the President. My staff has begun contact tracing and testing of all those with whom I have come into contact over the last week.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
The overwhelming majority of the men and women of the Department of Defense serve this country with honor and integrity, we owe the men and women of the Department of Defense an environment free of extremist activities, and we owe our country a military that reflects the founding values of our democracy.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We’re clear-eyed about the challenge China presents, but China’s not 10 feet tall – this is America.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
In war and in peace we are always stronger when we work together with our friends.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We’re in competition with China, but we don’t have to be in a conflict.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Whatever we do will be done as a part of an international community. The best case though is that we won't see an incursion by the Soviet Union into the Ukraine.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
The American people deserve to know that we take this issue very seriously. And that we are committed to protecting civilians and getting this right both in terms of how we execute missions on their behalf and how we talk about them afterwards, and I recognize that and I’m committed to doing this in full partnership with our military leaders.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I just wanted to come by and say thank you, i want you to convey to your families on behalf of Lloyd Austin, that we are grateful for your sacrifices.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
This week, as Americans gather with family and friends, they will give thanks for the many blessings we enjoy as a country. And I know they count all of you and your families among those blessings.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
We're coming up on the holiday period like this, and my guess is that some of you have missed a number of holidays since you've been in the military, and you need to know that we're grateful for your sacrifices. Your families need to know that we're grateful for their sacrifices.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
We remain committed to this region. We still have tens of thousands of troops in this region. We have significant capability here, as a person who has fought here for a number of years, defending interests in this region, let me assure you that we are not going to abandon those interests going forward.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
It just seemed incomprehensible to me that there were no ramifications for him aside from, I assume, just being embarrassed, can you imagine anyone not getting fired for that kind of mismanagement ? But somehow he survived.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We've created a new tool kit that will help leaders identify service members who are struggling and connect service members and their families to resources and support programs, i've also directed the undersecretary Defense for Personnel and Readiness to develop a strategy and implementation roadmap within 90 days to strengthen food security across the force.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Now, the steps outlined in today's memo won't solve all the economic worries that our military families face. But they are important steps, and we're committed to getting this right, our men and women in uniform and their families have enough to worry about basic necessities like food and housing shouldn't be among them.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
It would also seriously harm our service members and their families because, as Secretary, I would have no authority or ability to ensure that our service members, civilians, or contractors would be paid in full or on time.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
My hope is that, as a nation, we will come together to ensure we meet our obligations to them, without delay or disruption.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Retaining Bagram would have required putting as many as five thousand U.S. troops in harm's way, just to operate and defend it. And Retaining Bagram would have contributed little to the mission that we had been assigned, and that was to protect and defend our embassy which was some 30 miles away, staying at Bagram -- even for counter - terrorism purposes -- meant staying at war in Afghanistan, something that the President made clear that he would not do.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
We certainly would have liked to see it go faster or sooner, but, again, they had a number of things to think through as well.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We provide an input, as I said in my opening statement, to the State Department.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We are still working to get Americans out who wish to leave.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Staying at Bagram, even for counter-terrorism purposes, meant staying at war in Afghanistan, something that the President made clear he would not do.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
We now know that there was no connection between Zemari Ahmadi Zemari Ahmadi and ISIS-Khorasan, that Zemari Ahmadi activities on that day were completely harmless and not at all related to the imminent threat we believed we faced, and that Zemari Ahmadi was just as innocent a victim as were the others tragically killed.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
The women and men of our armed forces dedicate their lives to defending our nation, and deserve a workplace and home free of sexual assault, sexual harassment and domestic violence.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
But, again, there are a number of things that could happen to speed that up a bit or slow it down.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
They had all the advantages, they had 20 years of training by our coalition forces, a modern air force, good equipment and weapons, but you can't buy will and you can't purchase leadership. And that's really what was missing in this situation.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
I will seek the president’s approval to make the vaccines mandatory no later than mid-September, or immediately upon [Food and Drug Administration approval] whichever comes first, i will not hesitate to act sooner or recommend a different course to the President if l feel the need to do so.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
This fallen officer died in the line of duty, helping protect the tens of thousands of people who work in — and who visit — the Pentagon on a daily basis, this tragic death today is a stark reminder of the dangers they face and the sacrifices they make. We are forever grateful for that service and the courage with which it is rendered.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We will not flinch when our interests are threatened. Yet we do not seek confrontation, let me be clear :... I am committed to pursuing a constructive, stable relationship with China.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Our network of alliances and friendships is an unparalleled strategic asset, the United States and this region are more secure and more prosperous when we work together with our allies and partners.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Beijing's claim to the vast majority of South China has no basis in international law. That assertion treads on the sovereignty of states in the region.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Let me be clear :... I am committed to pursuing a constructive, stable relationship with China.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
The United States and this region are more secure and more prosperous when we work together with our allies and partners.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
They're incredibly effective at saving lives and preventing serious illness. And you know what ? They're free. No conditions. No small print. And no strings attached. Because this is an emergency. And that's what friends do.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
I've known the chairman for a long time. We've fought together. We've served a couple of times in the same unit. So I'm not guessing at his character, and I think, I clearly have tremendous faith and confidence in the chairman.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Very little surprises me anymore, as I continue to consider just how focused it seems that the Defense Department is on routing out White extremism and White supremacy in the services right now, i'm not sure exactly how it is that you are able to tell from search terms that much about the individuals that are serving in uniform.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I have gotten 10 times that amount of input, 50 times that amount of input on the other side that have said, hey, we are glad to have had the ability to have a conversation with ourselves and with our leadership, and that's what we need.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
I trust my leadership from top to bottom that they will give me fair and balanced and unvarnished input.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
We will work with Congress to amend the Uniform Code of Military Justice, removing the prosecution of sexual assaults and related crimes from the military chain of command.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
I don't want our force or anybody else in this country to be confused, it is the most lethal organization on the face of the planet, and it will remain so and it will remain the most cohesive organization on the face of the planet.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
The most significant military threat that we're focused on -- and you've heard me say this probably 100 times senator -- is China.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Diversity, equity and inclusion is important to this military and it will be important in the future, this is not about diversity, this is about a very specific kind of anti-American indoctrination that is seeping into some parts of our military based on the whistleblower complaints we have received.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We represent the United States of America. We ought to look like America, and not only in the ranks, i think we're doing a great job in terms of recruiting the right kinds of people, providing access to people from every corner, every walk of life in this country. As long as you're, as you're, you're fit and you can qualify, there's a place for you on this team.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
United States have the capability to conduct offensive operations. United States also have significant capability to be able to, to defend United States and United States always look at defending forward from a military perspective, i have a number of offensive options.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
My job is to is to create the options for the President to be able to choose when he desires to respond. United States want good options for him to choose from. And so United States's what, United States's what the Department of Defense is focused on.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
What we need is the right mix of technology, operational concepts and capabilities -- all woven together in a networked way that is so credible, flexible and formidable that it will give any adversary pause, we need to create advantages for us and dilemmas for them.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Our view of deterrence has to rise above the old stovepipes that can build up in any big organization, deterrence in the space and cyber domains, and nuclear deterrence itself, shouldn't be seen as somehow entirely separate from the sweep of our operations.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
We'll be working even more closely with our friends in the Indo-Pacific and elsewhere -- particularly in Europe -- to strengthen a rules-based international order that favors the advance of freedom, our allies, as I've said, are a force multiplier and a strategic advantage that none of our competitors can match.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
I have directed The Defense Department to use every resource at our disposal, within our authority, to support U.S. interagency efforts to rapidly provide India's frontline healthcare workers with the materials they need. We are currently assessing the equipment we can both procure and draw from our own inventory in the coming days and weeks.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
There is little about what the Department does to defend the American people that is not affected by climate change, it is a national security issue, and we must treat it as such.
Found on FOX News 4 years ago
The Department will immediately take appropriate policy actions to prioritize climate change considerations in our activities and risk assessments, to mitigate this driver of insecurity, as a leader in the interagency, the Department of Defense will also support incorporating climate risk analysis into modeling, simulation, war gaming, analysis, and the next National Defense Strategy.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
As a leader in the interagency, the Department of Defense will also support incorporating climate risk analysis into modeling, simulation, war gaming, analysis, and the next National Defense Strategy.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
There is little about what The Department does to defend the American people that is not affected by climate change.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I truly believe, senator, that as I said in my opening statement, if you're fit and you're qualified to serve and you can maintain the standards, you should be allowed to serve.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
The job of the Department of Defense is to keep America safe from our enemies, but we can't do that if some of those enemies lie within our own ranks.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
Clearly there are things that we will want to do to increase the capability a bit, to be able to increase the pace of operations, and that will require some additional capability, we have gone through and done some analysis ... to see what types of things we need to provide.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
When the situation changes so that those facts are no longer valid or the assumptions that you made are no longer appropriate, then I think you have to go back and revisit your plan.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
ISIL needs those funds to pay their fighters, to recruit new fighters and to conduct their various maligned activities, you know, we said from the outset of this campaign that to defeat ISIL, we're going to have to take away its ability to resource.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
We mourn alongside our partners and the people of Iraq during this difficult period, we are in a tough fight together, and our hope is that Gen. Sadiq's comrades will be able to find strength in his service and honor his sacrifice through their own continued service in the coming days.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I will not, and I hope we never, coordinate or cooperate with Shiite militias.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
My best military advice as we go forward is that as we introduce the forces that we've trained and equipped, then we should provide them support, we should not only look to provide them fires (air strikes), we should provide them logistics, we should provide them intel (intelligence) support.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
My recommendation would be that we protect them no matter who's attacking them.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
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