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Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Profile picture
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Jun 6 • 3 tweets • 2 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
Seventy-nine years ago, France and much of the rest of Europe lay beneath the Nazi boot.

The night before Operation Overlord, General Eisenhower met with U.S. troops from the 101st Airborne. Some thought that he looked nervous.

But one soldier called out: “Now quit worrying,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
On D-Day, courage won out over terror, daring over cruelty, and liberty over tyranny.
D-Day reminds us that there is no force multiplier stronger than a just cause.

And the democratic ideals carried by the troops of Operation Overlord still inspire free people everywhere.

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Today we concluded our 12th meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group. For more than a year, this group of some 50 countries has rushed to support the people of Ukraine.

We continue to work together to get Ukraine’s defenders what they need, when they need it. Image
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This is what unity looks like.

Today, I gathered defense ministers of nearly 50 countries to discuss the latest battlefield developments in Ukraine 🇺🇦, and to work together on how we can continue to support Ukraine today and over the long haul. A few examples of our progress:
Denmark 🇩🇰 and the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 shared updates on several Copenhagen Conference initiatives, including the U.K.’s International Donors Fund for pooling international funding for critical capabilities.
I especially commend Germany 🇩🇪 for its recent delivery of an IRIS-T air-defense system. This critical donation will help Ukraine better defend its civilians from Russian airstrikes. And Germany also recently announced that it will deliver more MARS rocket systems and howitzers.
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Russia’s cruel and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine 🇺🇦 has spurred the international community into action, and the Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting I hosted today — attended by some 50 countries — is just another sign of how nations of goodwill are rising to the moment. Image
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• In Romania 🇷🇴, we will position a rotational Brigade Combat Team, thus maintaining an additional brigade on the eastern flank compared to our January 2022 posture.
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