Jun 20 WATCH: Pentagon holds briefing as aid deliveries resume through U.S.-built pier in Gaza By News Desk and Kim Tong-Hyung, Jim Heintz, Associated Press More than 656 metric tons, or 1.4 million pounds, of aid were delivered through the U.S. military-built pier in Gaza on Thursday in the hours after it resumed operations, Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said. Continue reading
Jun 18 WATCH: Pentagon holds news briefing as NATO’s Stoltenberg visits U.S. By News Desk and Associated Press Pentagon press secretary Pat Ryder will hold a news briefing as NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg visits the United States. Continue reading
May 14 WATCH: Pentagon holds briefing as U.S. wraps up building a pier to bring aid to Gaza by sea By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press In the coming days, the U.S. military in the eastern Mediterranean is expected to jab one end of a hulking metal dock — the length of five U.S. football fields — into a beach in northern Gaza. Continue reading
May 09 WATCH: Pentagon holds briefing after Biden announces plan to withhold weapons delivery to Israel By Zeke Miller, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press Biden acknowledged that “civilians have been killed in Gaza” by the type of heavy bombs that the U.S. has been supplying -- his first validation of what administration critics have been loudly protesting, even if he still stopped short of… Continue reading
May 07 WATCH: Pentagon holds news briefing as American soldier arrested in Russia By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The U.S. Army soldier arrested in Russia last week was being held in a pretrial detention facility, the Army said Tuesday. Russian reports said he would be held for two months pending an investigation. Continue reading
Apr 23 WATCH: Pentagon holds news briefing as Senate considers military aid to Ukraine and Israel By News Desk and Tara Copp, Lolita Baldor, Associated Press The Ukraine aid bill still needs to clear the Senate, then President Joe Biden has said he would sign it "immediately."… Continue reading
Apr 18 WATCH: Pentagon holds news briefing as Ukraine aid again considered in Congress By Associated Press Pentagon press secretary Pat Ryder held a news briefing on Thursday as Congress considers aid to Ukraine. Continue reading
Apr 16 WATCH: Pentagon holds briefing after Austin has first talk with Chinese counterpart since 2022 By News Desk and Lolita Baldor, Associated Press Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with China's national defense minister Tuesday morning, in the latest in a series of U.S. steps to improve communications with the Chinese military and reduce unsafe and aggressive incidents in the Indo-Pacific. Continue reading
Apr 11 WATCH: Pentagon holds news briefing as general warns Ukraine will soon be outgunned by Russia By Associated Press Ukraine has been rationing its munitions as Congress has delayed passing its $60 billion supplemental bill. Continue reading
Apr 04 WATCH: Pentagon says plan to build a pier to bring aid to Palestinians is still on schedule By Associated Press The U.S. military is on schedule to build a pier off the Gaza coast to expand humanitarian aid deliveries, the Defense Department said Thursday, even as other agencies have pulled back after Israel killed several aid workers. Continue reading