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• Senior Defense Official Holds a Background Briefing DoD 23 Sep 2022
• Department of the Army updates Total Army COVID-19 vaccination statistics US Army 23 Sep 2022 -- The U.S. Army updated COVID-19 vaccination rates and exemption requests for the Total Army as of 22 September, 2022.
• Department of Defense Selected Acquisition Reports (SARs) - President's Budget 2023 DoD 23 Sep 2022 -- The Department of Defense (DoD) has transmitted the President's Budget 2023 comprehensive annual Selected Acquisition Reports (SARs) to Congress.
• Department of Defense Approves $90 Million in Grants Under Defense Community Infrastructure Pilot Program DoD 23 Sep 2022 -- The Department of Defense today announced the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation award of 19 grants totaling approximately $90 million under the Defense Community Infrastructure Pilot Program. The Defense Community Infrastructure Pilot Program is a competitive program for states and communities to undertake infrastructure enhancements to support military value, installation resiliency, and/or family quality of life that benefits their local installations.
• Department of Defense Approves $30 Million in Grants Under Defense Manufacturing Community Support Program DoD 23 Sep 2022 -- The Department of Defense today announced the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation award of six (6) grants totaling approximately $30 million under the Defense Manufacturing Community Support Program. The Defense Manufacturing Community Support Program makes long-term investments in critical skills, facilities, workforce development, research and development, and small business support in order to strengthen the national security innovation base.
• Operation Cartwheel ends with the 5 participating militaries claiming success Radio Free Asia 23 Sep 2022 -- A multinational military training exercise involving the U.S., the U.K., Australia, New Zealand and Fiji concluded on Friday in the Pacific island nation. The 11-day Exercise Cartwheel 2022 drew criticism from China which has been seeking to expand influence in the South Pacific.
• U.K. and U.S. conduct SINKEX during Atlantic Thunder 22 US Navy 23 Sep 2022 -- Ships and aircraft from the United Kingdom and the United States conducted a long planned multi-domain sinking exercise (SINKEX) called Atlantic Thunder 22 in the North Atlantic, Sept. 7, 2022.
• NMCB-4 Seabees Work on Concrete at NSF Diego Garcia US Navy 23 Sep 2022 -- Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4 worked with civilian contractors to pour concrete at U.S. Navy Support Facility Diego Garcia, Sept. 19, 2022.
• Commander, U.S. Sixth Fleet & STRIKFORNATO visits USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) US Navy 23 Sep 2022 -- Vice Adm. Thomas E. Ishee, commander, U.S. Sixth Fleet and Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO), embarked the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) , Sept. 22.
• USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) Completes Bilateral ADEX US Navy 23 Sep 2022 -- The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) completed a series of tactical air defense exercises (ADEX) with the Italian Navy Orizzonte-class destroyer ITS Caio Duilio (D 554) in the Adriatic Sea, Sept. 16, 2022.
• Atlantic Thunder 2022: The speed, lethality of a U.K.-U.S. integrated force US Navy 23 Sep 2022 -- Identifying and destroying their target took only minutes. Closely coordinated U.K and U.S. allies in the air, on land and sea launched munitions from more than 100 miles over the horizon during the long planned multi-domain sinking exercise (SINKEX) Atlantic Thunder 22 (AT22).
• Virginia, Kentucky Guard Soldiers end Africa mission Army News 23 Sep 2022 -- Virginia and Kentucky National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, ended their nine-month security mission for Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, or CJTF-HOA, this month.
• USS Hué City Decommissioned After 31 Years of Service US Navy 23 Sep 2022 -- With plankowners, former crew members, and veterans of the Battle of Hué in attendance, the crew of USS Hué City (CG 66) decommissioned their ship at a Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia ceremony on Sept. 23.
• Memorandum on Presidential Determination Terminating the Designation of Afghanistan as a Major Non-NATO Ally The White House 23 Sep 2022
• Russian Military Eyes Central Asian Recruits Amid Mobilization Drive RFE/RL 23 Sep 2022 -- Central Asian migrants are accustomed to doing Moscow's dirty work.
• Across Russia, Putin's Mobilization Seeps Deeper Into An Anxious Society RFE/RL 23 Sep 2022 -- In some regions, men are driven off in buses, with wives, mothers, and sisters sobbing openly and waving goodbye. In other places, men say they're steeling themselves for battle. On the borders with Kazakhstan, Georgia, and Mongolia, long lines of cars are reported as people try to urgently leave the country.
• Thousands of Russians Flee Military Mobilization as Anti-War Protests Erupt VOA 23 Sep 2022 -- Thousands of Russians are trying to flee the country to escape the partial mobilization of civilians into the military. The move was announced Wednesday in a televised address by President Vladimir Putin, after Russian armed forces suffered significant losses in recent weeks of their invasion of Ukraine.
• Embassy Warns Kyrgyz Nationals With Dual Citizenship They're Considered Russians While In Russia RFE/RL 23 Sep 2022 -- The Kyrgyz Embassy in Moscow has warned Kyrgyz men and women with dual Kyrgyz-Russian citizenship that they are considered Russian citizens while residing in the Russian Federation, and thus could face military service after President Vladimir Putin announced a partial military mobilization to boost troop levels during the war with Ukraine.
• Joint Leaders Statement to Mark One Year of AUKUS The White House 23 Sep 2022
• Czech Defence Ministry welcomed the EU Military Committee as part of the Czech Presidency Czech Republic Ministry of Defence & Armed Forces 23 Sep 2022 -- The Russian invasion of Ukraine, European defence cooperation and EU-NATO cooperation were the key topics of the European Union Military Committee Away Days hosted in Prague and Hradec Králové on September 21-23, 2022, as part of the program of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU.
• Joint Readout of Quad Ministerial Meeting US Dept. of State 23 Sep 2022 -- The following is the joint readout released by the Secretary of State of the United States and the Foreign Ministers of the Governments of Australia, India, and Japan.
• Secretary Antony J. Blinken with Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, and Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa Before Their Meeting US Dept. of State 23 Sep 2022
• Secretary Blinken With Foreign Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council Nations, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, and Yemen US Dept. of State 23 Sep 2022
• Readout of National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan's Meeting with Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice President of the European Commission The White House 23 Sep 2022
• Background Press Call Previewing the Vice President's Upcoming Travel to Japan and the Republic of Korea The White House 23 Sep 2022
• Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, September 23, 2022 The White House 23 Sep 2022

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• Nations Focused on Conflicts, Concerns New and Old at UN VOA 23 Sep 2022 -- At the U.N. General Assembly Friday, leaders from all corners of the world continued to call for an end to Russia's war in Ukraine, and many condemned President Vladimir Putin's threat of using nuclear weapons.
• Secretary-General's remarks at meeting with Pacific Islands Forum Leaders UN Secretary-General 23 Sep 2022
• Secretary-General's remarks to to the 46th Annual Meeting of Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Group of 77 and China UN Secretary-General 23 Sep 2022
• United States Announces Humanitarian Assistance for Afghanistan US Dept. of State 23 Sep 2022 -- The United States is providing nearly $327 million in additional humanitarian assistance to help the people of Afghanistan.
• At Least Four Killed, 10 Wounded In Kabul Mosque Blast RFE/RL Gandhara 23 Sep 2022 -- At least four people have been killed and 10 others wounded in an explosion that occurred near a mosque in Kabul, officials at the emergency hospital in the Afghan capital said.
• Blast Near Mosque in Afghan Capital Kills at Least 7 Worshippers VOA 23 Sep 2022 -- A bomb has exploded outside a mosque in Afghanistan's capital city Kabul, killing at least seven people and injuring 41, including two children.
• Joint Statement - Concrete Steps to Support Expansion of UN-mediated Truce in Yemen US Dept. of State 23 Sep 2022 -- On 21 September 2022, vice ministers and senior official representatives of the permanent five members of the United Nations Security Council and the European Union, Germany, Kuwait and Sweden, hereafter referred to as the P5+4, met to discuss concrete steps to support an extension of the truce agreed upon by the Yemeni parties until 2 October and the start of a political process to end the conflict in Yemen.
• Joint Statement on the Situation in Yemen US Dept. of State 23 Sep 2022 -- On 20 September 2022, ministers and representatives of the Governments of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United States of America and United Kingdom, hereafter referred to as the Quad, met to discuss the situation in Yemen.
• Joint Statement on the Situation in Libya US Dept. of State 23 Sep 2022 -- The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America, France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom:
• 3 civilians killed and 5 injured by artillery shelling in Myanmar's Kachin state Radio Free Asia 23 Sep 2022 -- Three civilians were killed, including a 12-year-old child, and five others were injured when junta forces fired heavy artillery on a village in Kachin State's Shwegu township, according to locals and People's Defense Forces (PDFs).
• Nearly half of 3 million who fled Myanmar due to conflict did so since coup Radio Free Asia 23 Sep 2022 -- Nearly 3 million people have fled Myanmar because of armed conflict, nearly half of whom left the country after last year's military coup, an independent research group said Friday.
• Israel: Statement by the High Representative Josep Borrell on Prime Minister's support for a peace agreement with Palestinians European External Action Service (EEAS) 23 Sep 2022
• Cease-Fire Between Armenia, Azerbaijan Falters As Clashes Break Out Overnight RFE/RL 23 Sep 2022 -- Armenia and Azerbaijan have traded fresh accusations over a violation of a fragile cease-fire agreement that ended the worst fighting between the two ex-Soviet Caucasus countries since a 2020 war over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
• Bishkek Rejects Dushanbe's Allegation Of Persecution Of Ethnic Tajiks In Kyrgyzstan RFE/RL 23 Sep 2022 -- Bishkek has rejected a statement by Tajikistan alleging that ethnic Tajiks are being persecuted in Kyrgyzstan on ethnically motivated grounds.
• Somalia Will Eliminate Terrorism, President Tells UN General Assembly VOA 23 Sep 2022 -- Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud vowed this week that his government will eradicate the threat of al-Shabab and other terrorist groups in his country.

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• Quad Foreign Ministers' Statement on Ransomware US Dept. of State 23 Sep 2022
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Foreign Minister of the State of Eritrea Osman Saleh Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 23 Sep 2022
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Foreign Minister of Cuba Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 23 Sep 2022
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Syrian Arab Republic Faisal Mekdad Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 23 Sep 2022
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 23 Sep 2022
• Secretary Blinken's Meeting with People's Republic of China (PRC) State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi US Dept. of State 23 Sep 2022
• China, Uyghurs battle for support at UN over Xinjiang rights report Radio Free Asia 23 Sep 2022 -- China has vowed to "fight" any United Nations action on human rights abuses against Uyghurs in Xinjiang cited in a damning report by the U.N. human rights chief, while Uyghurs are pressing the world body to move forward with investigations and other concrete follow-up measures.
• Xi Jinping 'warns his opponents' with suspended death sentences to former top cops Radio Free Asia 23 Sep 2022 -- Authorities have handed down suspended death sentences to two formerly high-ranking security officials ahead of the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s 20th party congress next month.
• Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on September 23, 2022 PRC MofA 23 Sep 2022
• China's focus on remote Pacific islands offers gains and heightened US rivalry Radio Free Asia 23 Sep 2022 -- China's security pact with the Solomon Islands has highlighted diplomatic gains made over two decades in a vast Pacific region neglected by the United States.
• Italy's PM hopeful has concerns over China, vows closer ties with Taiwan CNA 23 Sep 2022 -- The politician favored to be Italy's next prime minister would reverse course on her country's support for China's Belt and Road Initiative and strengthen ties with Taiwan if a coalition headed by her party wins the country's general election on Sunday.
• Taiwan, Czech Republic ink six cooperation agreements CNA 23 Sep 2022 -- Representatives from Taiwan and the Czech Republic have signed six memorandums of understanding (MOU) and cooperation agreements that will serve as a basis for bilateral cooperation on technology, education and culture.
• US, Chinese Diplomats Discuss Tensions Over Taiwan VOA 23 Sep 2022 -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Chinese counterpart discussed on Friday the need to maintain open lines of communication to manage the relationship between Beijing and Washington, especially during times of tension.
• U.S. Expands Access To Internet Services For Iranians Amid Rising Unrest RFE/RL 23 Sep 2022 -- The U.S. announced on September 23 that it was easing export restrictions on Iran to expand access to Internet services which have been severely curbed by the government amid protests over the death of a woman following her arrest by the morality police.
• Advancing the Free Flow of Information for the Iranian People US Dept. of State 23 Sep 2022 -- "Today we are issuing a General License to advance our efforts and commitments to ensure that the Iranian people can freely access information online."
• U.S. Treasury Issues Iran General License D-2 to Increase Support for Internet Freedom US Treasury 23 Sep 2022 -- Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued Iran General License (GL) D-2 to increase support for internet freedom in Iran by bringing U.S. sanctions guidance in line with the changes in modern technology since the issuance of Iran GL D-1. On Wednesday, the Iranian government cut off access to the Internet for most of its 80 million citizens to prevent the world from watching its violent crackdown on peaceful protestors sparked by the brutal death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran's Morality Police. While Iran's government is cutting off its people's access to the global internet, the United States is taking action to support the free flow of information and access to fact-based information to the Iranian people. The updated guidance will authorize technology companies to offer the Iranian people more options of secure, outside platforms and services.
• US Issues License to Expand Internet Access for Iranians VOA 23 Sep 2022 -- The U.S. Treasury Department said Friday that it was updating guidance to U.S. tech firms to expand the range of internet services available to Iranians, countering a move by Iran's government this week to block internet access to its citizens.
• UN Secretary-General Raises Human Rights Issues With Iran's President VOA 23 Sep 2022 -- The spokesperson for U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Friday that the U.N. chief met with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in New York this week and raised human rights issues in light of Iranian security forces' ongoing crackdown on protesters.
• Meta Denies Accusations That It's Working With Iranian Government To Disrupt WhatsApp RFE/RL 23 Sep 2022 -- Meta Platforms has denied accusations by Iranian activists that its WhatsApp messaging platform has been working with the government to disrupt communications outside the country amid growing civil unrest over the death of a 22-year-old after she was arrested by morality police for failing to adhere to the country's strict rules on wearing a hijab.
• Vienna deal possible if US shows determination: Iran FM IRNA 23 Sep 2022 -- Iran's Minister of Foreign Affairs Hossein Amirabdollahian has underscored that an agreement on the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal is achievable if the United States shows seriousness.
• Raisi's speech echoed freedom-loving nations' right-seeking: FM spox. IRNA 23 Sep 2022 -- Iran's Foreign Minister Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has emphasized that President Ebrahim Raisi's speech at the 77th United Nations General Assembly was the right-seeking demand of world nations.
• President Raisi: Iran stresses respecting other countries' sovereignty, no change in region's geopolitics IRNA 23 Sep 2022 -- President Ebrahim Raisi said that the Islamic Republic of Iran emphasizes respecting other countries' sovereignty and preventing any kind of change in region's political geography".
• Iran Stages Rallies To Counter Week Of Anti-Establishment Protests Over Woman's Death In Custody RFE/RL 23 Sep 2022 -- State-organized demonstrations have taken place in several Iranian cities to counter days of anti-establishment protests triggered by the death of a 22-year-old woman following her arrest by Tehran's morality police over failing to adhere to the country's strict rules on the wearing of the hijab, or head scarf.
• Briefing with Senior Administration Officials on the Administration's Efforts to Advance the Free Flow of Information For the Iranian People US Dept. of State 23 Sep 2022
• OSCE Troika and Secretary General meet during UN General Assembly OSCE 23 Sep 2022 -- OSCE Chairman-in-Office and Foreign Minister of Poland Zbigniew Rau, Foreign Minister of Sweden Ann Linde, and Foreign Minister of North Macedonia Bujar Osmani, representing the OSCE Troika and the Organization's Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid met on the margins of the 77th session of UN General Assembly.
• United States and Canada Joint Statement on Support for the Haiti Security Basket Fund US Dept. of State 23 Sep 2022 -- The United States and Canada are pleased to contribute to the "Joint Programme for the Haitian National Police," a multi-donor basket fund on security in Haiti, which is managed by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in coordination with the Haitian National Police (HNP), UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), and other stakeholders.
• Half of Sudan's most vulnerable children could die without aid UN News 23 Sep 2022 -- The situation for Sudan's most vulnerable children is so desperate that half of the most severely malnourished youngsters are expected to die without urgent humanitarian intervention, UN agencies said on Friday.
• Sudan Faces Humanitarian Crisis as Needs Escalate, Funding Wanes VOA 23 Sep 2022 -- Sudan is facing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis because of poor harvests, skyrocketing prices, political instability and lack of financial support, U.N. agencies warn.
• Sudan faces deepening hunger crisis amid protracted conflict, climate shocks and skyrocketing prices WFP 23 Sep 2022 -- This is a summary of remarks by WFP Sudan Representative and Country Director, Eddie Rowe- to whom quoted text may be attributed - at a press briefing, today, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
• Hunger Crisis in Horn of Africa Grows as Drought Persists VOA 23 Sep 2022 -- Aid groups say more than 37 million people in the Horn of Africa are struggling with hunger fueled by a deadly record drought that has killed nearly 9 million animals. The worst situation may be in Somalia, where more than 700 children have died of malnutrition this year.
• South Sudan Hopes Planned Port in Djibouti Will Increase Market Access, Profits VOA 23 Sep 2022 -- Officials in South Sudan confirmed this month they have bought land on the coast of Djibouti to build a port. South Sudan says the port will be key for exporting the country's crude oil, which currently goes through Sudan, as well as for importing goods, most of which come through the Kenyan port of Mombasa.