US President Joe Biden receives the Presidential Daily Briefing, Monday, Jan. 29, 2024, in the White House Situation Room at the White House in Washington with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. (Photo: Adam Schultz/The White House via AP)
A formation of U.S. Navy F-18E Super Hornets leaves after receiving fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker over northern Iraq, Sept. 23, 2014. (Photo: Staff Sgt. Shawn Nickel, US Air Force)
KDP President Masoud Barzani and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday discussed relations between Erbil and Baghdad, March 7, 2023 (Photo: Masoud Barzani/Twitter)
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, left, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley, speak with reporters after a virtual meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, May 23, 2022 (Photo: Alex Brandon/AP)
