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Recent News About U.S. Department of Defense
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In September, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III urged Congress to reach a bipartisan agreement on appropriations for Fiscal Year 2025 to prevent a potential lapse in U.S. government funding.
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Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks engaged in video calls with deployed service members from the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, and U.S. Navy to extend holiday greetings.
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Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III engaged in a conversation with German Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius to address ongoing support for Ukraine and the forthcoming Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting planned for January.
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Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III engaged in a conversation with Ukrainian Minister of Defence Rustem Umerov to address ongoing battlefield conditions and the United States' security support for Ukraine.
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The Department of Defense has announced the 2025 Continental United States Cost-of-Living Allowance (CONUS COLA) rates, which will be effective from January 1, 2025.
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Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III held a phone conversation with Republic of Korea (ROK) Acting Minister of National Defense Kim Seon-ho.
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Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III reached out to deployed service members from the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Space Force to extend holiday greetings on December 19, 2024.
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The Department of Defense has released its Annual Report on Civilian Casualties related to United States military operations for the year 2023.
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On December 18, 2024, a virtual meeting of the G7 Defense Policy Directors' Working Group (PDWG) was chaired by Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Dr. Celeste Wallander.
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The Department of Defense has announced the repatriation of two detainees from Guantanamo Bay to Malaysia.
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The Department of Defense (DoD) has unveiled the 2024 Chemical and Biological Defense Program (CBDP) Enterprise Strategy, replacing the previous strategy from 2020.
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Pentagon Press Secretary Maj.
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and Department of Defense (DoD) have issued a joint statement regarding the ongoing response to reported drone sightings.
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The Department of Defense (DoD) has reissued DoD Instruction 3150.02, titled "DoD Nuclear Weapons Systems Surety Program."
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The Department of Defense has announced the repatriation of Mohammed Abdul Malik Bajabu from Guantanamo Bay to Kenya.
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Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict, Christopher P. Maier, recently hosted the Defeat ISIS Coalition Political-Military Consultations at the U.S. Africa Command Headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany.
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Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict, Christopher P. Maier, hosted the Defeat ISIS Coalition Political-Military Consultations at U.S. Africa Command Headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, on December 10.
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The Department of Defense (DoD) has announced the release of Version 4.3 of the Online Cyber Resilient Weapon Systems Body of Knowledge (CRWS-BoK).
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The Department of Defense (DoD) has announced a $15.8 million award to Fireweed Metals Corp., a Canadian company, through the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy's Defense Production Act Purchases (DPAP) office.
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Mr. Ueda Koji, Deputy Director General of the Defense Policy Bureau at Japan's Ministry of Defense, and Mr. Richard Johnson, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Policy, convened in...