Lloyd Austin disavows ‘red lines’ in potential Ukraine and Taiwan conflicts

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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke out against the United States setting red lines that could pull them further into the conflicts in Ukraine and Taiwan.

Austin, in an interview with Defense One released on Tuesday, said that the Pentagon’s goal in both situations “is to lead with diplomacy” and to do it “in a way that we don’t get into a conflict.”

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