Department of State Daily Press Briefing – August 19, 2021. Transcript Yeah. Mhm. Good afternoon. Yeah. Hello. Uh So I’ll first start with an update on the situation on the ground in Afghanistan. Uh First as you’ve heard from my counterpart at the pentagon this morning. 12 C. Seventeen’s departed within the last 24 hours […]

Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby and Army Maj. Gen. William D. “Hank” Taylor, deputy director for regional operations and force management for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, brief the media at the Pentagon. Transcript Good morning everybody. I’m gonna turn it over real quickly to general Taylor, who you all know. And the general […]

Lt. Gen Michael Loh, Director of the Air National Guard; and Chief Master Sgt. Maurice Williams, Command Chief Master Sergeant of the Air National Guard; preside over this year’s Air National Guard Outstanding Airman of the Year Recognition Ceremony at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, August 19, 2021. Transcript Welcome To the 2021. Focus on the […]

U.S. Marines board a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft prior to departing for Hamid Karzai International Airport, Afghanistan, in support of Operation Allies Refuge August 18, 2021, from an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. The Department of Defense is committed to supporting the U.S. State Department in the departure of U.S. and allied […]

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, brief the media at the Pentagon, August 18, 2021. Transcript Mhm Okay, good afternoon everybody. And it will start in just a few minutes late. Uh we are time constrained today. So um I’ll pass […]