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(Eagle News) –US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III paid a courtesy call on President Rodrigo Duterte in the Palace on Thursday, July 29, making him the first member of US President Joe Biden’s Cabinet to do so. In a statement, the Office of the President said Austin’s visit came as both nations celebrate 75-year-old diplomatic ties and the 70 years of the Mutual Defense Treaty. The OP said President Duterte and Austin had an “open […]
by Sylvie LANTEAUME Agence France Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Washington wants to quickly deploy new intermediate-range missiles in Asia, US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Saturday in a move likely to anger China. The new Pentagon chief said the US was now free to deploy the weapons following its withdrawal Friday from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty with Russia. “Yes I would like to,” Esper said when asked if the US was […]
United States Defense Secretary and Pentagon chief Jim Mattis on Saturday criticized China’s actions in the South China Sea, particularly its construction activities and excessive maritime claims, saying Beijing showed “contempt” for other nations’ interests. “The scope and effect of China’s construction activities in the South China Sea differ from those of other countries in several key ways,” Mattis told the Shangri-La regional defense summit in Singapore. “This includes the nature of its militarization… China’s […]
BEIJING, China (Reuters) — China on Monday (February 6) welcomed U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’ suggestion that diplomacy should be the priority in the South China Sea, and that major U.S. military action was not being considered to contend with China’s assertive behaviour there. Mattis, speaking in Tokyo on Saturday (February 4), blamed China for “shredding the trust of nations in the region”, but also played down any need for U.S. military manoeuvres in the […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — US Defense Secretary James Mattis told his Japanese counterpart on Saturday that their alliance remained a “cornerstone” of regional stability as he wrapped up a visit aimed at reassuring key Asian allies about Washington’s commitment to their security. Japan and the US have a decades-long security alliance while US-South Korea military ties date back to the 1950-53 Korean War. But on the campaign trail, US President Donald Trump accused Seoul and […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Any nuclear attack by North Korea would trigger an “effective and overwhelming” response, US Defense Secretary James Mattis said in Seoul Friday as he sought to reassure Washington’s Asian allies folllowing President Donald Trump’s inauguration. Mattis, who was in South Korea before going on to Japan, is making the first overseas tour by a senior Trump administration official as concerns rise about the direction of US policy in the region under […]
MANILA, Philippines – The United States of America Secretary for Defense Ash Carter is now at the Philippines the “Balikatan” joint military exercises between the US and the Philippines. Secretary Carter will also check out the five military bases where American soldiers will be allowed to stay. Secretary Carter’s visit came one week before the issuance of the decision regarding the arbitration case filed by the Philippines regarding the disputed territories in the West Philippine […]
by Laurent Barthelemy WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter headed Saturday to India and the Philippines for talks on increasing regional defense cooperation, after calling off a planned trip to China amid tensions over Beijing’s expansionist ambitions in the South China Sea. Carter will fly out of Washington and travel to India and the Philippines for his Asian tour, followed by Middle East stops in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi […]
(Reuters) — U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Wednesday (May 27) called for an immediate end to island-building by China and other countries near the South China Sea, urging the participants to stop militarizing the dispute and find a peaceful solution. Carter said China’s island-building efforts were “out of step” with the regional consensus and that U.S. military aircraft and warships would continue to operate in the area as permitted under international law. “China’s actions […]
(Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel resigned on Monday, leaving under pressure as President Barack Obama faces critical national security challenges, including fighting Islamic State in Iraq and Syria and revising plans to exit Afghanistan. It was the first major change to Obama’s Cabinet since his Democrats were routed in midterm elections three weeks ago, and Republicans, who now control both houses of Congress, are looking for a new approach from the White house. Hagel […]
