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• DAF COVID-19 Statistics - Oct. 4, 2022 US Air Force 04 Oct 2022
• Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Meeting With Pakistan Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa DoD 04 Oct 2022
• Wisconsin Army Guard Prepares for Africa deployment Army News 04 Oct 2022 -- Col. Eric Leckel, commander of the Wisconsin Army National Guard's 157th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, told 280 deploying Soldiers and their families and friends about the historic nature of their upcoming Africa mission at a ceremony Sept. 30.
• Hoosier Guardsmen Depart Indiana for Kosovo Deployment Army News 04 Oct 2022 -- Approximately 300 Indiana National Guard members with the 38th Infantry Division's 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team said goodbye to family and friends during a Camp Atterbury ceremony Sept. 30.
• Joint Force firepower CENTCOM 04 Oct 2022 -- At Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the U.S. Air Force has an agreement letter with the Royal Saudi Air Force, allowing the 378th Expeditionary Security Force Squadron to utilize the firing range three days a week.
• DoD Awards $4.5 Million to University of Virginia for Applied Hypersonics Research DoD 04 Oct 2022 -- The Department of Defense announced today a three-year, $4.5 million applied research award to the University of Virginia (UVA) to advance hypersonics technology, with a focus on engine design, maneuverability control, and operational resiliency.
• 36th EWS conceptualize Reclamation of Electronic Attack Pods program US Air Force 04 Oct 2022 -- Late last year the 36th Electronic Warfare Squadron traveled to Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, and met with Air Combat Command to discuss efforts to sustain the service life of Electronic Attack Pods, increase the availability of parts for essential repairs across the Air Force and ensure the warfighter has continued electronic warfare capabilities across multiple areas of responsibility.
• Collaboration Enhances Successful CH-53K Flight Control System US Navy 04 Oct 2022 -- A full authority digital fly-by-wire Flight Control System (FCS) is one of many impressive capabilities setting the CH-53K King Stallion heavy lift helicopter apart from any other heavy lift aircraft. "Full authority" means the FCS provides all of the aircraft motion—not just supplementing the pilot for stability.
• Making History on USS Gerald R. Ford as Deployment Nears US Navy 04 Oct 2022 -- USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) is the first-in-class of the Navy's newest generation of Ford-class aircraft carriers. It's been nearly 40 years since the Navy has commissioned a new generation of aircraft carriers. With change comes history that has to be made. Ford has done just that.
• In Close Orbit: Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 Aboard USS Tripoli (LHA 7) US Navy 04 Oct 2022 -- The Sailors of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23, Detachment 1, provide amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli with an important multi-role air asset.
• US and Canada, Exercise in South China Sea to Support Japan Deployment US Navy 04 Oct 2022 -- Maritime forces from Canada, Japan, and the United States concluded exercises in the South China Sea, Oct. 1, demonstrating a shared commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific.
• Department of the Navy releases Capstone Design Concept for Information Superiority US Navy Press Release 04 Oct 2022 -- On Sep. 6, the Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer (DON CIO) issued a Capstone Design Concept for Information Superiority.
• Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Phone Call With Republic of Korea Minister of National Defense Lee Jong-Sup DoD 04 Oct 2022
• Fact Sheet on U.S. Security Assistance to Ukraine - October 4, 2022 DOD
• Memorandum on the Delegation of Authority Under Section 506(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 The White House 04 Oct 2022
• Readout of President Biden's Call with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine The White House 04 Oct 2022
• Pentagon Press Secretary Brigadier General Pat Ryder and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Laura K. Cooper Hold a Press Briefing DoD 04 Oct 2022
• $625 Million in Additional Security Assistance for Ukraine DoD 04 Oct 2022 -- Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) announces the authorization of a Presidential Drawdown of security assistance valued at up to $625 million to meet Ukraine's critical security and defense needs. This authorization is the Biden Administration's twenty-second drawdown of equipment from DoD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021.
• HIMARS, Excalibur Rounds Headed for Ukraine in $625 Million Security Assistance Package DoD News 04 Oct 2022 -- The Defense Department today announced an additional $625 million in security assistance headed to Ukraine as part of the 22nd round of presidential drawdown authority. The equipment in the new package is specifically tailored to what Ukraine needs in the short term, and Ukraine continues to use what has been provided by the United States to great effect, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia said.
• $625 Million in Additional U.S. Military Assistance for Ukraine US Dept. of State 04 Oct 2022 -- At the UN General Assembly, President Biden made it clear yet again that we will support the people of Ukraine for as long as it takes.
• Devil In The Details: Ukraine's Tricky Bid For NATO Membership RFE/RL 04 Oct 2022 -- Ukraine's move to apply for membership of NATO on September 30 was met with quite some surprise in Brussels.
• Taiwan vice defense chief calls for global efforts to contain China CNA 04 Oct 2022 -- Vice Defense Minister Wang Shin-lung (王信龍) on Monday called for global efforts to contain security threats posed by China, including through joint military exercises, a joint strategic communication platform, and the sharing of drone signals.
• Landmark agreements strengthen UK-Poland defence relations UK MOD 04 Oct 2022 -- The UK will enhance Poland's military capability and strengthen the defence relationship between the two countries, following the signing of two major defence equipment agreements.
• Defence Secretary co-chairs India-UK Defence Consultative Group (DCG) meeting India PIB 04 Oct 2022 -- Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar co-chaired the India-UK Defence Consultative Group (DCG) meeting with his counterpart Mr David Williams, UK Permanent Under Secretary of State for Defence in London on 03 October, 2022. They reviewed the progress of various Service level bilateral groups and other defence cooperation mechanisms.
• Strengthening Alliances in the Pacific - U.S. and Japan Conduct 15th Information Technology Forum DoD 04 Oct 2022 -- Honorable John Sherman, Department of Defense Chief Information Officer, met with UEDA Kouji Defense Councilor for Cyber Security and Information Technology Management, and other members of Japanese Ministry of Defense for the U.S.-Japan IT Forum from 25 to 29 September.
• Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Phone Call With Japan Minister of Defense Hamada Yasukazu DoD 04 Oct 2022
• Readout of President Biden's call with Prime Minister Kishida of Japan The White House 04 Oct 2022
• Minister of Defense and U.S. Secretary of Defense Review, in a Phone Call, Strategic Partnership Between the Two Countries SPA 04 Oct 2022 -- Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Minister of Defense, received a phone call today from U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.
• Thai Navy seeks submarine engine discussions with Chinese builder Radio Free Asia 04 Oct 2022 -- The Thai Navy has renewed its efforts to discuss with Chinese manufacturers replacing the engine of a submarine it intends to buy from China, with canceling the contract a possible option that an analyst said would be "a blow to China's defense exports."
• Deputy Secretary Sherman's Meeting with Secretary General of the Executive Committee of the PLO AlSheikh US Dept. of State 04 Oct 2022
• Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Migrant Integration Center US Dept. of State 04 Oct 2022
• Department Press Briefing - October 4, 2022 US Dept. of State 04 Oct 2022
• Statement by NSC Spokesperson Adrienne Watson on National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan's Meeting with Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organization Hussein Al-Sheikh The White House 04 Oct 2022
• Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, October 4, 2022 The White House 04 Oct 2022

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• 4 October 2022 - Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General United Nations 04 Oct 2022
• Two Pakistani Soldiers Killed In Taliban Attack Near Peshawar, Says Security Official RFE/RL Gandhara 04 Oct 2022 -- Two Pakistani soldiers were killed in a Taliban attack on the outskirts of the country's northwestern city of Peshawar, an intelligence official told RFE/RL on October 4.
• Secretary Blinken's Call with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Bayramov and Armenian Foreign Minister Mirzoyan US Dept. of State 04 Oct 2022
• Nearly 1 million people have fled five years of northern Mozambique violence UNHCR 04 Oct 2022 -- This week marks five years since extreme violence erupted in northern Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province, forcing nearly 1 million people to flee during that time.

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• Readout of Election Threats Task Force Briefing with Election Officials and Workers on Grant-Funding for Physical Election Security Enhancements US Dept. of Justice 04 Oct 2022 -- Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. convened a virtual discussion today with a bipartisan group of approximately 300 election officials and workers to brief them on available grant funding for physical security enhancements under federal programs and the potential applicability of state and local fiscal recovery funds under the American Rescue Plan.
• Canadian National Sentenced in Connection with Ransomware Attacks Resulting in the Payment of Tens of Millions of Dollars in Ransoms US Dept. of Justice 04 Oct 2022 -- A Canadian man was sentenced to 20 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $21,500,000 today for his role in NetWalker ransomware attacks. The Court will order restitution at a later date.
• Answers to media questions by official representative of the President of the Russian Federation, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov following a plenary session of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, October 4 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 04 Oct 2022
• Telephone conversation with Interim President of Mali Assimi Goita President of Russia 04 Oct 2022 -- Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Interim President of the Republic of Mali Assimi Goita, at the initiative of the Malian side.
• DOD Policy Official Says Authoritarian Regimes Like Russia at Distinct Disadvantage DoD News 04 Oct 2022 -- Authoritarian regimes create incentives for leaders not to tell their boss the truth, including bad news.
• Russia: Chargé d'Affaires a.i. of the Mission to the EU summoned by the EEAS European External Action Service (EEAS) 04 Oct 2022 -- The EEAS Managing Director for Russia, Eastern Partnership, Central Asia, Regional cooperation and OSCE, Michael Siebert, summoned the Chargé d'Affaires a.i. of the Mission of the Russian Federation to the European Union, Kirill Logvinov, in Brussels on Monday.
• Japan Expels Russian Diplomat In Tit-For-Tat Move RFE/RL 04 Oct 2022 -- In a tit-for-tat move, Tokyo has ordered a senior Russian official stationed in the country to leave following Russia's decision last week to expel a Japanese diplomat over alleged spying.
• Roskosmos Discussing Extension Of Russia's Participation In ISS Past 2024, Says Official RFE/RL 04 Oct 2022 -- Roskosmos, Russia's space agency, is seeking a continuation of its participation in the International Space Station (ISS) past 2024, an agency official said on October 3.
• Navalny's Team To Resume Operations Of Banned Networks In Russia RFE/RL 04 Oct 2022 -- The team of jailed opposition leader Aleksei Navalny says it will resume operations across Russia despite being banned as "extremist" last year, after which many of the Kremlin critic's associates and supporters fled the country.
• Kazakh Interior Minister Says 200,000 Russians Have Entered Country Since Mobilization RFE/RL 04 Oct 2022 -- Kazakh Interior Minister Marat Akhmetzhanov says 200,000 Russian citizens have entered the country since Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilization on September 21 amid Moscow's ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
• Lack of Uyghur-language emergency services leads to more deaths in Xinjiang Radio Free Asia 04 Oct 2022 -- Uyghur residents in a city in northwestern China's Xinjiang region are suffering malnutrition and death despite the lifting of a coronavirus lockdown because of authorities' failure to provide Uyghur language support for emergency services, locals said.
• China Builds A New Symbol In The Balkans -- At The Site Of A NATO Bombing RFE/RL 04 Oct 2022 -- The NATO air campaign had been in full swing in Yugoslav skies for more than a month as the Western military alliance tried to end the deadly assault by Serbian forces on ethnic Albanians in Kosovo.
• North Korea: Statement by the Spokesperson on the recent missile launch EEAS 04 Oct 2022
• North Korea comes up short again on having enough food to feed its people Radio Free Asia 04 Oct 2022 -- North Korea is among 45 countries worldwide requiring external assistance for food to feed its population due to economic constraints and an expected poor harvest this year, according to a report by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
• UN response to North Korea's missiles will test its 'relevance,' South says Radio Free Asia 04 Oct 2022 -- U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres joined world leaders in condemning North Korea's test launch of a missile across Japan on Tuesday, as a top South Korean diplomat warned that inaction by the U.N. Security Council would raise doubts about the body's "viability and relevance."
• Deputy Secretary Sherman's Call with Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Mori and Republic of Korea First Vice Foreign Minister Cho US Dept. of State 04 Oct 2022
• Secretary Blinken's Calls with Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Park and Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi US Dept. of State 04 Oct 2022
• North Korea Intermediate-range ballistic missile launch: Minister for Asia statement UK FCDO 04 Oct 2022
• Iran: Remarks by High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell at the EP debate on the death of Mahsa Amini and the demonstrations European External Action Service (EEAS) 04 Oct 2022
• FM: Sanctions removal measures on right path IRNA 04 Oct 2022 -- Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said he believes that measures underway to remove the anti-Iran sanctions through negotiations and exchange of messages are on their right path.
• Iranian Protests Broaden As Raisi Calls For National Unity RFE/RL 04 Oct 2022 -- Iranians have taken to the streets for a 17th consecutive day in anti-government protests triggered by the death in custody of a young woman as President Ebrahim Raisi appealed for unity.
• Iran Increases Troops Near Kurdistan Region, Threatening Ground Operation VOA 04 Oct 2022 -- Iran has recently sent new military reinforcements to its western borders close to the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and threatened to launch a cross-border ground invasion into Iraqi Kurdistan against Iranian Kurdish opposition groups, a senior Iraqi Kurdish official in Iraq who asked to remain anonymous told VOA.
• Iran successfully tests orbital transmission system, space probe IRNA 04 Oct 2022 -- Iran successfully tested an experimental implementation of Saman orbital transmission system with a sub-orbital space probe, Ministry of Information and Communications Technology said on Tuesday.
• Myanmar junta transfers dozens of political prisoners to notorious detention center Radio Free Asia 04 Oct 2022 -- Authorities under the junta's Ministry of Home Affairs have transferred dozens of political prisoners from Myanmar's Insein Prison in Yangon to a facility infamous for its poor treatment of inmates, RFA has learned, prompting concern from family members for their well-being.
• At least 145 deaths in custody since Myanmar coup Radio Free Asia 04 Oct 2022 -- At least 145 people have died while being interrogated by authorities in Myanmar over the 19 months since the military seized control of the country in a coup, according to an investigation by RFA Burmese.
• Minister: Solomons signed US-Pacific pact after indirect China references removed Radio Free Asia 04 Oct 2022 -- The Solomon Islands only agreed to sign an accord between the United States and more than a dozen Pacific island nations after indirect references to China were removed, Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele said Tuesday.
• Bulgarian Ex-PM Borisov Seeks Coalition Talks After Election Victory RFE/RL 04 Oct 2022 -- Bulgaria's center-right GERB party, the winner of the country's October 2 snap election, will initiate negotiations with other parties to try to form a government, GERB leader Boyko Borisov, the former long-serving prime minister, said on October 4.
• Hungary Begins Process Of Passing Reforms To Meet Commitments It Made To EU RFE/RL 04 Oct 2022 -- The Hungarian parliament on October 3 began passing reforms to try to appease Brussels' concerns about democratic backsliding and Hungary's rule-of-law record.
• Despite Skepticism, China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan Railway Deal Chugs Forward VOA 04 Oct 2022 -- Plans are finally in motion for a railway that runs from China to Europe through Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, after being on the table for two decades. Some Central Asian residents remain skeptical of the project, while others anticipate it will be an economic boon for the region.