guided, and dangerous." Cornyn "said Republicans would fight Guantanamo's closing tooth and nail,' just as they did under Obama." Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin "said in his Senate confirmation he supported shuttering the prison's doors as well." COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE DO) Investigating If "Russiagate" Inqui

iden Has Reportedly Decided On Austin For Defense Secretary. Multiple sources reported Monday evening that Joe Biden will nominate retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin to be defense secretary. USA Today <https://www.usatoday.corn/story/news/politics/2020/12/07/biden-selects-retired- general-lloyd-austin-defense-sec

ve "Outsized" Impact. The Washington Examiner (2/22, McIntyre, 888K) reports that, in his first Pentagon news conference Friday, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin "was careful to say that while the department does not yet have hard data on the number of extremists in the ranks, he suspects they make up a tiny

was stumped for solutions and unable to size the problem of extremism among its own. While the military-wide stand-down issued by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was undoubtedly a step in the right direction, it will take more time, effort and ingenuity to develop both a deeper understanding and a coherent s

uided, and dangerous." Cornyn "said Republicans would fight Guantanamo's closing 'tooth and nail,' just as they did under Obama." Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin "said in his Senate confirmation he supported shuttering the prison's doors as well." COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE DO) Investigating If "Russiagate" Inqui

ay raise for service members, and measures to address rising costs due to inflation. The articles added that the bill also directs Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to rescind his August 2021 memorandum imposing the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for service members. Coverage noted that a GOP effort to provide remedi

ritten statement that the United States "will hold all those responsible to account at a time and in a manner (of) our choosing?' Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said, "We will take all necessary actions to defend the United States, our troops, and our interests?' Based on the information, Iran-backed fighter

nto the U.S. Reports also mention that the troops will be deployed for 90 days and will be pulled from the Army and Marine Corps. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will look to backfill with National Guard or Reserve troops during that period, Pentagon spokesman Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said. According to

Big Steps to Stop Extremism. Two Years Later, It Shows No Results USA TODAY (07/21, Carless) reported that despite a promise from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin over two years ago to combat extremism in the US armed forces, a USA TODAY investigation found that most steps in the initiative are stalled or ina

States escalate its air war in Iraq and Syria, send additional Special Forces, or enforce a buffer zone, which the head of Central Command, General Lloyd Austin, has said would require deploying U.S. ground troops. Most Americans now favor doing just that. The primary justification for this new hawkishness

ritten statement that the United States "will hold all those responsible to account at a time and in a manner (of) our choosing?' Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said, "We will take all necessary actions to defend the United States, our troops, and our interests?' Based on the information, Iran-backed fighter

e Associated Press (08/12, Baldor) and the Wall Street Journal (08/12, Abdel-Baqui, Lieber, Youssef) reported that on Monday, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered a guided missile submarine to the Middle East and directed the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group to expedite its journey

the interests of the United States. Today, foreign fi=hters from around the globe are said to number anywhere from 8,000— t=e estimate given by Gen. Lloyd Austin, U.S. Central Commander—to 12,000,=and several of the groups are linked to al- Qaeda. The Secretary of Homeland Security, Jeh Johnson, said in April