USD (Policy) Dr. Kahl Press Conference > U.S. Department of Defense > Transcript
STAFF: All right, good afternoon, everyone.
Joining us today is Dr. Colin Kahl, the under secretary of defense for policy. Dr. Kahl will open with a statement which highlights the next round of security assistance for Ukraine under the presidential drawdown authority. We’ll then open up to the room and to the phones for Q&A. We have around a 30-minute hard stop today, so we’ll do our best to get around as best we can.
And with that, Dr. Kahl, over to you, sir.
UNDERSECRETARY OF DEFENSE (POLICY) COLIN KAHL: Great. It’s good to see all of you. Good afternoon. It’s been a while. It’s good to see all of you again. I — I last saw you, I think, on June 1st for the announcement of the 11th presidential drawdown package. We are now on PDA package 18. As we have made clear at every level of this administration, we’re committed to continued security assistance for Ukraine as they stand up to…
