WATCH LIVE: Lloyd Austin and Charles Q. Brown hold briefing about Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting

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United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, right, greets NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, center, prior to a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has arrived at NATO for meetings with alliance defense ministers to further drum up support for Ukraine’s fight against Russia. Olivier Matthys/AP

WATCH LIVE: Lloyd Austin and Charles Q. Brown hold briefing about Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting

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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown are holding a press conference after the Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting.

The press conference in Brussels, Belgium, comes amid the war in Ukraine and conflict in Israel following a terrorist attack by Hamas over the weekend.

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The conflict, which started with terrorist attacks by Hamas, has killed at least 1,800 people in Israel and Gaza, according to the Associated Press. Biden said in remarks on Tuesday that at least 14 Americans are among the dead in Israel.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is traveling to Israel on Wednesday to “engage with our Israeli partners directly about the situation on the ground.”

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