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17.03.2021 / 09:01

Top US officials weigh North Korea options in talks in Seoul

SEOUL – Fresh off a stop in Tokyo, President Joe Biden’s top diplomat and defense chief traveled to South Korea on Wednesday, a day after North Korea made sure it had their attention by warning the United States to “refrain from causing a stink” amid deadlocked nuclear negotiations.

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Japan, US to share China concern as ministers meet in Tokyo

TOKYO – Defense and foreign ministers from the U.S. and Japan are to discuss their concern over China's growing influence in the Indo-Pacific region as the Biden administration tries to reaffirm engagement with its key regional allies.

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1st US ministers' Japan visit under Biden to focus on China

TOKYO – Concerns about China's growing influence in the region is expected to be a main focus when two ministers of President Joe Biden's administration visits Japan for their first in-person talks with their Japanese counterparts.

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China, NKorea loom as Blinken, Austin head to Asia

WASHINGTON – Threats from China and North Korea will loom large over the Biden administration's first Cabinet-level trip abroad, part of a larger effort to bolster U.S. influence and calm concerns about America's role in Asia.

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More than 1,000 Guard troops now leaving DC; others stay on

WASHINGTON – More than 1,000 National Guard members will be leaving Washington, D.C. over the next few days, but several thousand others will stay on for days or weeks, in the ongoing mission to provide security for the U.S. Capitol that has drawn criticism from lawmakers and reluctance from the military.

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Pentagon set to approve National Guard deployment extension at Capitol

U.S. Capitol for about two more months, defense officials said Tuesday.READ MORE: National Guard could stay in DC until the fall, source reveals to FOX 5Officials said final details were being worked out, but Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is expected to give final approval, and have Guard troops continue to provide security in Washington, D.C., at the request of the Capitol Police, amid worries about continued threats.

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Pentagon set to OK extending Guard deployment at Capitol

WASHINGTON – The Pentagon is set to approve an extension of the National Guard deployment at the U.S. Capitol for about two more months, defense officials said Tuesday.

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Defense head Austin weighs warship needs in Pacific, Mideast

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told sailors on the USS Nimitz Thursday that he hopes to avoid long ship deployments like the more than 10 months they just spent at sea. But as he made his first aircraft carrier visit as Pentagon chief, he acknowledged the demand for American warships around the globe as he wrestles with security threats from China in the Pacific and Iran in the Middle East.

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Pentagon says reported sexual assaults at academies dropped

WASHINGTON – The number of sexual harassment and sexual assault cases reported at the military service academies dropped in the pandemic-shortened 2019-20 school year, the Pentagon said Thursday.

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Active-duty military begins giving vaccines in New York area

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US military begins delivering COVID-19 vaccine doses to Texas, New York

LOS ANGELES - The U.S. military on Wednesday began delivering shots at coronavirus vaccination centers in Texas and New York and announced that service members will start staffing four centers in Florida and one in Philadelphia next week.The expanded vaccination effort came as Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met with military commanders overseeing the COVID-19 response effort.

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Pentagon approves 20 more COVID-19 vaccination teams

WASHINGTON – The Pentagon has approved the deployment of 20 more military vaccination teams that will be prepared to go out to communities around the country, putting the department on pace to deploy as many as 19,000 troops if the 100 planned teams are realized. The troop number is almost double what federal authorities initially thought would be needed.

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Biden to visit a Pentagon hoping to shift from Trump turmoil

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden is making his first visit to the Pentagon as commander in chief, taking stock of a military as it pivots from the turmoil of the Trump years and focuses to an unusual degree on domestic and internal issues.

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Navy commanders address two racist incidents on West Coast

WASHINGTON – Senior U.S. Navy commanders met with sailors on ships on the West Coast Monday and Tuesday, after two recent racist incidents triggered one of the first military stand-downs to address extremism in the ranks.

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Pentagon deploys troops to fuel Covid-19 vaccine drive

Covid-19.President Joe Biden has called for setting up 100 mass vaccination centres around the country within a month. Two of the five new military teams will go to vaccination centers opening in California.

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Pentagon to deploy troops across US to assist COVID-19 vaccine drive

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon will deploy troops to assist getting Americans vaccinated against COVID-19, the White House said Friday.Coronavirus senior adviser Andy Slavitt announced that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has approved a request for assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. It means about 1,000 active duty military personnel will deploy to help state vaccination centers.President Joe Biden has called for setting up 100 mass vaccination centers around the country within a month.

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Pentagon will deploy troops to assist COVID-19 vaccine drive

WASHINGTON – The Pentagon will deploy troops to assist getting Americans vaccinated against COVID-19, the White House said Friday.

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India has high hopes ties with US will deepen under Biden

NEW DELHI – India has high hopes its ties with the United States will deepen under President Joe Biden, who was a key proponent of the 2008 civil nuclear deal between the countries and whose new administration includes several Indian Americans.

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Defense chief orders review of military sex assault programs

WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, in his first directive since taking office, has given his senior leaders two weeks to send him reports on sexual assault prevention programs in the military, and an assessment of what has worked and what hasn't.Austin's memo, which went out Saturday, fulfills a commitment he made to senators last week during confirmation hearings. He had vowed to immediately address the problems of sexual assault and harassment in the ranks.“This is a leadership issue,” Austin said in his two-page memo.

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Senate OKs waiver allowing Biden's secretary of defense pick, Gen. Lloyd Austin, to serve in role

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Democratic-controlled Congress easily passed legislation Thursday required to confirm retired Gen. Lloyd Austin as President Joe Biden’s secretary of defense, brushing aside concerns that his retirement occurred inside the seven-year window that safeguards civilian leadership of the military.It would be the first measure to be signed into law by brand-new President Joe Biden.The Senate sent the measure exempting Austin from the seven-year rule to Biden after a 69-27 Senate tally that came moments after a comparably lopsided 326-78 House vote.

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Congress poised for quick action on Biden's Pentagon nominee

WASHINGTON – The Democratic-controlled Congress is moving quickly to install retired Gen. Lloyd Austin as President Joe Biden’s secretary of defense, brushing aside concerns about his retirement inside the seven-year window that safeguards civilian leadership of the military.The House is voting Thursday on a waiver that would exempt Austin from the seven-year rule.

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Biden's profoundly private Pentagon pick joins Twitter

WASHINGTON – President-elect Joe Biden's pick for defense secretary made his first foray into the world of Twitter on Monday, an uncharacteristic move for a retired general who studiously avoided the public spotlight for much of his four decades in the Army.Retired Gen. Lloyd Austin's social media debut reflected a recognition within the Biden transition team that the nomination faces hurdles on Capitol Hill from lawmakers who balk at putting a career military officer in what is typically a civilian post.

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The Latest: Austin reveres idea of civilian military control

WASHINGTON – The Latest on President-elect Joe Biden (all times local):2:15 p.m.Lloyd Austin, the retired Army general whom President-elect Joe Biden picked to be secretary of defense, says he reveres the principle of civilian control of the military.Austin was speaking after Biden introduced him Wednesday as his nominee. Biden urged Congress to waive a legal requirement that a secretary of defense be out of military service at least seven years before taking office.

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Biden's Pentagon nominee Gen. Lloyd Austin puts some Democrats in a bind

WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden's nomination of retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin to be secretary of defense has put some Senate Democrats in a bind.

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Biden makes pitch for retired general to be Pentagon chief

WASHINGTON – President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday made his case for retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin to be secretary of defense, urging Congress to waive a legal prohibition against a recently serving military officer running the Pentagon.With concern rising in Congress about maintaining civilian control of the military, Biden suggested he felt a need to counter an emerging narrative that Austin's nomination blurs the lines between civil and military roles.“Given the immense and urgent threats and challenges our nation faces, he should be confirmed swiftly,” Biden wrote in The Atlantic.

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