Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder Holds a Press Briefing

MAJ. GEN. PAT RYDER: All right. Good afternoon, everyone. Just a couple of things at the top. Then I'll get right to your questions. Yesterday Secretary Austin welcomed Singapore Minister of Defense Ng to the Pentagon for a bilateral meeting, during which they reaffirmed the longstanding defense partnership between the United States and Singapore. The two leaders discussed opportunities to expand bilateral force posture cooperation and the importance of expanding joint training and interoperability. The officials emphasized the strength of US-Singapore collaboration on emerging technologies, as demonstrated by the signing of a US-Singapore Statement of Intent for Data, Analytics, and Artific...