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A rush transcript of" This Week with George Stephanopoulos" airing on Sunday, February 20, 2022 on ABC News is below.... This copy may not be in its final form, may be updated and may contain minor transcription errors.... But the threat of war has hovered over this nation for weeks....

WASHINGTON( REUTERS)-US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin will visit Southeast Asia later this month, the Pentagon said, a trip that will include stops in the Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam, according to the US embassy in Hanoi." Secretary Austin's visit will demonstrate the importance the Biden-Harris Administration places on Southeast Asia and on Asean as an essential part of the Indo-Pacific's architecture," Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said, referring to the Association of Southeast Asian

In the quiet weekend morning hours Saturday, two of President Joe Biden's top advisers boarded their flights--the start of a long journey shrouded in secrecy.It was a secret--until Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spilled just hours after they were wheels up.... Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken attend a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, Ukraine, April 24, 2022.... Pool/ Reuters

close Video Lloyd Austin: Russian foreign minister WWIII rhetoric is ‘dangerous’ and ‘unhelpful’ Defense Secretary Gen.... Lloyd Austin speaks to Fox News' Jennifer Griffin in Germany after meeting with dozens of defense ministers on the war in Ukraine.... Usually they talk about deterrence. Looks like the Pentagon finally found its sense of urgency, and then some....

" This is not a bluff," Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Friday about the potential for a Russian invasion of Ukraine in an exclusive interview with ABC" This Week" co-anchor Martha Raddatz." He has a number of options available to him and he could attack in short order," Austin told Raddatz in an interview conducted in Powidz, Poland, where Austin had come to visit American and Polish troops. Raddatz's full interview with Austin airs Sunday on a special edition of" This Week" from Lviv, Ukra

Wei Fenge after months of failed attempts to speak with Gen.... But Beijing insisted on sticking to protocol and having Austin talk to Wei, who is his official counterpart as defense minister but ranks below Xu in the hierarchy and has less military operational clout. Austin’s predecessors had typically spoken with Wei, most recently on Aug.... Advertisement In a brief statement after the call, the Pentagon said Austin and Wei discussed U.S.-Chinese defense relations, regional security issues

CANBERRA, Australia — U.S. Defense SecretaryLloyd Austinsaid Friday the United States stands with countries fighting Chinese “ bullying behavior ” as he launched bilateral talks in Australia aimed at countering Beijing’s growing influence in the Indo-Pacific region. Austin and U.S. Secretary of StateAntony Blinkenarrived in the Australian city of Brisbane late Thursday ahead of annual bilateral meetings on Friday and Saturday that will focus on a deal to provide Australia, a defense treaty partn

In this image from video provided by IISS, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin delivers a speech during the 40th IISS Fullerton Lecture on July 27, 2021, in Singapore.... Vietnam and the Philippines are among China's fiercest opponents in the territorial disputes in the South China Sea, where Beijing has ignored its neighbors' protests and has constructed several islands equipped with airstrips and military installations.... Vietnam has previously accused China of obstructing its gas explor

The officials briefed reporters in Poland on condition the trip not be reported until the delegation was safely out of Ukraine.... Zelenskiy announced the trip himself during a news conference on Saturday, which U.S. officials said was a contingency they had planned for and did not derail the visit.... Blinken and Austin were expected to have met for about 90 minutes with Zelenskiy, Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov and other officials.U.S. diplomats d