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US likely struck Iranian school by mistake. Senators demand answers

WASHINGTON (…
#NewsBeep #News #Topstories #Activism #DistrictofColumbia #DonaldTrump #EliseBaker #Generalnews #Governmentandpolitics #Headlines #Iran #iranwar #KarolineLeavitt #KevinCramer #LloydAustin #Militaryanddefense #PeteHegseth #Politics #Schools #TimHawkins #TimKaine #TopStories #U.S.DepartmentofDefense #U.S.news #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesgovernment #Washingtonnews #WesBryant #Worldnews
https://www.newsbeep.com/430211/

#Hegseth’s predecessor, General #LloydAustin, ordered the review of the awards in 2024 after a Congressional recommendation in the 2022 defense bill — itself a reflection of efforts by some lawmakers to rescind the awards for those who participated in the bloody #massacre on #SouthDakota’s #PineRidge #IndianReservation near #WoundedKnee Creek.

#WoundedKneeMassacre #NativeAmerican #Lakota #Sioux #massacre #USArmy #WhiteSupremacy #genocide #EthnicCleansing

Pete Hegseth says Wounded Knee soldiers to keep Medals of Honor

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced that he has decided that the 20 soldiers who…
#UnitedStates #US #USA #DonaldTrump #Død #generalnews #LloydAustin #pentagon #petehegseth #Politics #RobertE.Lee #SDStateWire #SecretaryofDefense #SOUTHDAKOTA #U.S.News #Washingtonnews
https://www.europesays.com/2441971/

American Authoritarianism
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/07/18/american-authoritarianism/
Torture, rotating judges and prosecutors and incarceration for a generation without charges or trial are all hallmarks of an authoritarian government, writes Andrew P. Napolitano. By Andrew P. Napolitano Last week, a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., invalidated a…
#Politics #BidenAdministration #CivilRights #Commentary #Constitution #Cuba #Legal #Terrorism #TheBush43Administration #Torture #U.s. #U.s.SupremeCourrt #AndrewP.Napolitano #DueProcess #Gitmo #GuantanamoBay #HabeasCorpus #KhalidSheikhMohammed #LloydAustin

5 fmr #defense secretaries on Thurs denounced #Trump’s firing last week of the #JointChiefs chair & several other snr #military ofcls, urging #Congress to hold hearings & declaring they have concluded the officers were “fired for purely partisan reasons.”

The extraordinary public appeal was signed by #LloydAustin, #JimMattis, #ChuckHagel, #LeonPanetta & #WilliamPerry — who served in Republican & Democratic admins dating back to the 1990s.

#USpol #law #NationalSecurity
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/five-former-us-defense-secretaries-assail-trumps-military-firings-reckless-2025-02-28/

#ICC #obstruction #Trump #Israel #Gaza #Warcrimes #AntonyBlinken #LloydAustin

https://aje.io/18afwl?update=3536005

Gen #CQBrown would go on to become the chair of the #JointChiefs of Staff under President #Biden, in an 83-11 Senate vote. For the first time in its history, the #Pentagon was led by two #Black men, with #LloydAustin III, Biden’s #defense secretary.

But in #Trump’s eyes, one Trump adviser said on Saturday, there was no coming back for General Brown after he made his video.

#USpol #law #authoritarianism #autocracy #military #WhiteSupremacy

US says evidence shows North Korea has at least 3,000 troops training in Russia https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/us-says-evidence-shows-north-korea-has-at-least-3000-troops-training-in-russia/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #LloydAustin #militaryescalation #NorthKorea #Russianinvasion

#US warns #Israel of potential halt to #ArmsTransfers if #Gaza aid is not distributed

A private letter from #AntonyBlinken and #LloydAustin to #BenjaminNetanyahu gives Israel 30 days to act
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/15/us-israel-weapons-gaza-aid-letter

About damn time, #TommyTuberville is a #threat to #NationalSecurity.

Sen #Tuberville quietly ended his #blockade on the promotion of a senior #military aide to #Defense Sec #LloydAustin after the #Alabama #Republican, under pressure from colleagues, met privately w/the aide on Tues.

[Tuberville has a history of #AbuseOfPower blocking multiple appointments & military promotions because he didn’t want female service members to be able to receive #ReproductiveHealthcare.]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/09/25/tuberville-austin-aide-promotion/

U.S. and Japanese officials have announced an upgrade to American command structures in Japan, as Washington and Tokyo overhaul military cooperation in the face of an increasingly assertive China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/07/28/japan/politics/us-japan-two-plus-two/ #japan #politics #usjapanrelations #china #usmilitary #minorukihara #yokokamikawa #antonyblinken #lloydaustin #northkorea #defense #defenseministry #taiwan #pla

@GiColani

#GeoPol #Russia #Ukraine
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PS:

In this vein:

"#US responds to #Russian, #Chinese aircraft flying near #Alaska
Defense Secretary #LloydAustin said it was the 👉first time the U.S. has seen #Russia and #China in a joint flight.👈...

"The North American Aerospace Defense Command (#NORAD) said Wednesday it detected two Russian TU-95 and two Chinese H-6 strategic bombers operating in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (#ADIZ)...

While #China...

https://press.coop/@thehill/112849313385292663

US Senate recommends blockchain for national security tests - The U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services urges the Department of Defe... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-senate-committee-blockchain-defense-supply-chain #blockchainapplications #blockchaintechnology #departmentofdefense #defensesupplychain #ussenatecommittee #nationalsecurity #lloydaustin #ndaa2025

Just days after the U.S. and Chinese defense chiefs held “constructive” in-person talks, the two used speeches at Asia’s top regional security conference over the weekend to deliver markedly different messages. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/02/asia-pacific/politics/china-defense-minister-us-rivarly/ #asiapacific #politics #dongjun #taiwan #china #pla #usmilitary #southchinasea #disputedislands #lloydaustin #us #philippines

The U.S. and Chinese defense chiefs on Friday held their first face-to-face talks since 2022, meeting on the sidelines of a major Asian security conference in Singapore, as the two sides seek to manage their rival nations’ increasingly tense relationship. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/31/asia-pacific/politics/us-china-defense-chiefs-meet/ #asiapacific #politics #china #us #defense #dongjun #lloydaustin #southchinasea #taiwan

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will meet his Chinese counterpart next week, the Pentagon said Friday, as Beijing wrapped up two days of large-scale military exercises around Taiwan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/25/asia-pacific/china-us-defense-chiefs-taiwan-military-exercises-end/ #asiapacific #china #us #usmilitary #dongjun #lloydaustin #pla #taiwan

The U.S. and Chinese defense chiefs held talks for the first time in over a year, as the two sides seek to rebuild frayed military-to-military ties. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/17/asia-pacific/politics/us-china-defense-chiefs/ #asiapacific #politics #us #china #pla #usmilitary #southchinasea #disputedislands #lloydaustin #dongjun #philippines #taiwan

from #NewYorkTimes [gift article link below]
- Defense secretary pushes back on protesters’ claims of genocide in Gaza. -

#Gaza #Palestine #IsraelWarCrimes #StopGazaGenocide #FreePalestine #CeasefireNow #LetGazaLive #SolidarityWithPalestine #USGovt #EndUSAidToIsrael #LloydAustin #PalestinianLivesMatter #EndTheOccupation #Israel #StopArmingIsrael
#news @palestine
@israel

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/09/world/middleeast/austin-genocide-gaza-israel.html?smid=url-share

#Israel’s #defense min, Yoav #Gallant, & the #UnitedStates #DefSec, #LloydAustin, met at the #Pentagon on Tues to discuss the rapidly deteriorating #humanitarian conditions in #Gaza & Israel’s plan to invade #Rafah, where #US #ofcls have warned that a major military action could lead to catastrophe.

The meeting came amid growing friction between the 2 #MNNA after the passage of a #UN resolution calling for an immediate #CeaseFire & Israel’s PM, #Netanyahu, cancelled a separate delegation to DC.

Old news but still....
ABC News: #DefenseSecretary #LloydAustin makes 1st public appearance since secretive hospitalization
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/defense-secretary-lloyd-austin-makes-1st-public-appearance/story?id=106594289

Contrary to republicans' panicked declarations, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin's hospitalization does not affect nuclear command and control.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/93km7z/gop-lawmakers-nuclear-command-control-lloyd-austin?at_medium=Social%20media&at_campaign=Mastodon
#Technews #lloydaustin #SecretaryofDefense #Pentagon #nuclearmissiles #nukes

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🔸Pentagon Hides #SECDEF Austin's Hospitalization🔸

ℹ The #Pentagon Press Association just released a letter complaining that #DoD failed to notify them and the public at large about Secretary #LloydAustin's hospitalization for more than four days

What is the #Pentagon hiding, and what else aren't they telling us?

https://youtu.be/hedKEgl7Bwo?feature=share #News

:youtube: #WardCarroll

🔸Pentagon Hides #SECDEF Austin's Hospitalization🔸

ℹ The #Pentagon Press Association just released a letter complaining that #DoD failed to notify them and the public at large about Secretary #LloydAustin's hospitalization for more than four days

What is the #Pentagon hiding, and what else aren't they telling us?

https://youtu.be/hedKEgl7Bwo?feature=share #News

:youtube: #WardCarroll

🔸Pentagon Hides #SECDEF Austin's Hospitalization🔸

ℹ The #Pentagon Press Association just released a letter complaining that #DoD failed to notify them and the public at large about Secretary #LloydAustin's hospitalization for more than four days

What is the #Pentagon hiding, and what else aren't they telling us?

https://youtu.be/hedKEgl7Bwo?feature=share #News

“Our congressional members have valid questions & we will answer, but I would point out that #Ukraine matters, what happens here matters, not just to Ukraine but to the entire world,” #DefSec #LloydAustin told reporters after meeting Ukrainian ofcls.

The visit by Austin & Gen Christopher Cavoli, (commander of US #EUCOM & #NATO #SACEUR) was also intended to signal that American support will not be undermined by #Israel’s war w/ #Hamas….

#Russia #war #Putin #geopolitics #Biden #Zelensky

In phone conversations w/his Israeli counterpart, #YoavGallant, #DefSec #LloydAustin has stressed the need for careful consideration of how Israeli forces might conduct a ground invasion of #Gaza, where #Hamas maintains intricate tunnel networks under densely #populated areas.
#Biden admin ofcls insisted the #UnitedStates hadn’t told #Israel what to do…. But the #Pentagon sent a 3★ Marine, Lt Gen James Glynn, along w/other officers to help the Israelis w/the challenges of fighting an urban #war.

In phone conversations w/his Israeli counterpart, #YoavGallant, #DefSec #LloydAustin has stressed the need for careful consideration of how Israeli forces might conduct a ground invasion of #Gaza, where #Hamas maintains intricate tunnel networks under densely #populated areas.
#Biden admin ofcls insisted the #UnitedStates hadn’t told #Israel what to do…. But the #Pentagon sent a 3★ Marine, Lt Gen James Glynn, along w/other officers to help the Israelis w/the challenges of fighting an urban #war.

In phone conversations w/his Israeli counterpart, #YoavGallant, #DefSec #LloydAustin has stressed the need for careful consideration of how Israeli forces might conduct a ground invasion of #Gaza, where #Hamas maintains intricate tunnel networks under densely #populated areas.
#Biden admin ofcls insisted the #UnitedStates hadn’t told #Israel what to do…. But the #Pentagon sent a 3★ Marine, Lt Gen James Glynn, along w/other officers to help the Israelis w/the challenges of fighting an urban #war.

In phone conversations w/his Israeli counterpart, #YoavGallant, #DefSec #LloydAustin has stressed the need for careful consideration of how Israeli forces might conduct a ground invasion of #Gaza, where #Hamas maintains intricate tunnel networks under densely #populated areas.
#Biden admin ofcls insisted the #UnitedStates hadn’t told #Israel what to do…. But the #Pentagon sent a 3★ Marine, Lt Gen James Glynn, along w/other officers to help the Israelis w/the challenges of fighting an urban #war.

In phone conversations w/his Israeli counterpart, #YoavGallant, #DefSec #LloydAustin has stressed the need for careful consideration of how Israeli forces might conduct a ground invasion of #Gaza, where #Hamas maintains intricate tunnel networks under densely #populated areas.
#Biden admin ofcls insisted the #UnitedStates hadn’t told #Israel what to do…. But the #Pentagon sent a 3★ Marine, Lt Gen James Glynn, along w/other officers to help the Israelis w/the challenges of fighting an urban #war.

The #UnitedStates will send a Terminal High Altitude Area #Defense (#THAAD) system & additional Patriot battalions to locations throughout the #MiddleEast, #DefSec #LloydAustin said Sat.

“These steps will bolster regional #deterrence efforts, increase force protection for US forces in the region, & assist in the defense of #Israel,” Austin said in a stmnt, adding that they were taken after “detailed discussions w/Pres #Biden on recent #escalations by #Iran & its proxy forces” in the region.

#HouseRepublicans voted to reduce the #salary of #DefSec #LloydAustin to $1, as #RightWing lawmakers tried to transform a #Pentagon spending bill & a series of other funding measures into #weapons to take aim at President #Biden, his agenda & his top officials..

#NationalSecurity #TheRealWeaponizationOfGovernment #Extremism #GOP #Republicans #MAGA
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/27/us/politics/house-republicans-lloyd-austin-salary.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Gizmodo: Senate Probe Wants to Know Exactly What Elon Musk Did in Ukraine https://gizmodo.com/senate-probe-wants-to-know-what-elon-musk-did-in-ukrain-1850842182 #starlinksatelliteservicesinukraine #satelliteinternetaccess #elizabethwarrendma #spacexsatellites #viewsofelonmusk #walterisaacson #tammyduckworth #jeanneshaheen #lloydaustin #rogerwicker #ussenators #markkelly #hyperloop #rickscott #elonmusk #starlink #teslainc #twitter #warren #spacex #musk

#Military #Leadership forces #Nellis #Airforce #base in #Nevada to #cancel #pridemonth drag show.

The #performance had already been #approved at the #base. But #SecretaryofDefense #LloydAustin and Mark Milley, #chairman of the #US. #JointChiefsOfStaff nixed it.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #MilitaryService #Pride #PrideMonth #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.advocate.com/news/drag-show-military-chief-cancellation

Chiński foch i amerykańsko-japońska współpraca zbrojeniowa

Wzrost kompatybilności i komplementarności przemysłów zbrojeniowych Zachodu i ich sojuszników to moim zdaniem obecnie najważniejsze zadanie. Pozwoli to nie tylko zwiększyć moce produkcyjne, ale tez kontynuować produkcję uzbrojenia na potrzeby sojuszników w potrzebie.

https://wp.me/p3fv0T-fc4 #Japonia #USA #Chiny #ChRL #obrona #bezpieczeństwo #współpraca #SangriLa #YasukazuHamada #LiShangfu #LloydAustin #POLECANE

Chiński foch i amerykańsko-japońska współpraca zbrojeniowa

Wzrost kompatybilności i komplementarności przemysłów zbrojeniowych Zachodu i ich sojuszników to moim zdaniem obecnie najważniejsze zadanie. Pozwoli to nie tylko zwiększyć moce produkcyjne, ale tez kontynuować produkcję uzbrojenia na potrzeby sojuszników w potrzebie.

https://wp.me/p3fv0T-fc4 #Japonia #USA #Chiny #ChRL #obrona #bezpieczeństwo #współpraca #SangriLa #YasukazuHamada #LiShangfu #LloydAustin #POLECANE

USA wollen Schwedens NATO-Antrag vor dem Sommer ratifiziert sehen https://www.euractiv.de/section/europa-kompakt/news/usa-wollen-schwedens-nato-antrag-vor-dem-sommer-ratifiziert-sehen/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #LloydAustin #NATO #NATOBeitritt #PålJonson #Schweden

USA wollen Schwedens NATO-Antrag vor dem Sommer ratifiziert sehen https://www.euractiv.de/section/europa-kompakt/news/usa-wollen-schwedens-nato-antrag-vor-dem-sommer-ratifiziert-sehen/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #LloydAustin #NATO #NATOBeitritt #PålJonson #Schweden

USA wollen Schwedens NATO-Antrag vor dem Sommer ratifiziert sehen https://www.euractiv.de/section/europa-kompakt/news/usa-wollen-schwedens-nato-antrag-vor-dem-sommer-ratifiziert-sehen/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #LloydAustin #NATO #NATOBeitritt #PålJonson #Schweden