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#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

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/

As dangerously close U.S.-China military encounters rise, the U.S. defense chief slammed his Chinese counterpart’s unwillingness to meet and discuss improving crisis management mechanisms. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/06/03/asia-pacific/us-defense-secretary-austin-shangri-la-speech-china/?utm_content=buffer5bbf4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #news #asiapacific #china #us #taiwan #usmilitary #southchinasea #pla #lloydaustin #lishangfu

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

China declined a U.S. request for the countries’ defense chiefs to meet this week, following concerns Beijing raised over sanctions Washington imposed on its top general. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/05/30/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/china-us-defense-chiefs-snub/?utm_content=buffer8ca5d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #news #politics #china #us #usmilitary #pla #lloydaustin #lishangfu

The Pentagon is seeking a meeting between Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his Chinese counterpart in Singapore next month, as the White House tries again to restart military contacts despite China’s earlier refusal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/05/06/asia-pacific/us-china-defense-ministers-meeting-singapore/?utm_content=buffer867aa&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #news #asiapacific #china #us #taiwan #lloydaustin #lishangfu