US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin gives a press conference during the NATO Council Defence Ministers Session at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on October 12.
Mandatory Credit:	Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP/Getty Imag

US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin gives a press conference during the NATO Council Defence Ministers Session at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on October 12.
Mandatory Credit: Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP/Getty Imag

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Defense Secretary Austin says US is ‘concerned about potential escalation’ in Middle East

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said Sunday the US is “concerned about potential escalation” in the Middle East a day after announcing the deployment of additional military assets to the region.