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 28 WATCH: Pentagon says pier will be removed from Gaza and repaired after damage from rough seas By Tara Copp, Associated Press The U.S.-built temporary pier taking humanitarian aid to starving Palestinians will be removed from the coast of Gaza to be repaired after getting damaged in rough seas and weather, the Pentagon said Tuesday. Continue reading
May 21 WATCH: Pentagon holds briefing amid Gaza aid chaos By Ellen Knickmeyer, Samy Magdy, Associated Press Israel’s defense minister on Tuesday slammed the international court prosecutor's request for arrest warrants against himself and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as well as Hamas leaders. Continue reading
May 20 Pentagon vows to keep weapons moving to Ukraine as Kyiv faces a renewed assault from Russia By Lolita C. Baldor, Tara Copp, Associated Press Austin and as many as 50 defense leaders from Europe and around the world were meeting Monday to coordinate more military aid to Ukraine. He said, "We're meeting in a moment of challenge."… Continue reading
May 16 WATCH: Aid for Gaza will soon flow from pier project just finished by U.S. military, Pentagon says By Lolita C. Baldor, Tara Copp, Associated Press The Pentagon says that humanitarian aid will soon begin flowing onto the Gaza shore through the new pier that was anchored to the beach overnight and will reach those in need almost immediately. 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 26 WATCH: Austin and Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Brown speak after Ukraine meeting By Lolita C. Baldor, Tara Copp, Associated Press Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says the group since April 2022 has sourced millions of rounds of ammunition, rocket systems, armored vehicles and jets to help Ukraine rebuff Russia's invasion. Continue reading