The nation's first African American Secretary of Defense talks about the responsibilities of the job, and the importance of a ...

To that end, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, as one of his last acts as defense secretary, signed off on a classified strategy for countering unmanned systems, commonly known as drones ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III met with military leaders from the U.S., Japan and Australia and recognized ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has met with officials in Japan to reaffirm the importance of their alliance and ...

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin took a swipe Wednesday at President-elect Donald Trump's embattled choice to succeed him at the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, who has called for ending the ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has expressed confidence about enhanced military capabilities among the United States, ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin praised female members of the armed forces, while his potential replacement, Pete Hegseth—who has said women have no place in combat—tries to shore up ...

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — The U.S. is sending Ukraine another $1 billion in long-term security aid, nearly half of the budget left in the Pentagon’s account.

On the C-SPAN Networks: Lloyd J. Austin III is a Secretary for the Department of Defense with 234 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2008 News Conference as a ...

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Earlier this month, Lloyd Austin, the nation's first African American secretary of defense, returned to West Point, the institution that forever changed his life. "When I first came to West Point ...

Lloyd Austin spent more than four decades in uniform ... correspondent David Martin about the responsibilities of a defense secretary, and the importance of a diverse fighting force.