During a press briefing on Tuesday, Pentagon Spokesperson Air Force Major General Pat Ryder answered reporter questions on the Gaza aid pier.
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00:00Yeah, as it relates to Senator Menendez, I don't have anything to provide.
00:03I'd refer you to Department of Justice on that.
00:06Carla?
00:07Thanks.
00:08Just first to follow up on the situation with the pier, are there any additional airdrops
00:14going on or does DOD assess that there's still a great need for humanitarian assistance?
00:20Is there anything going on in the interim while we're waiting for the pier?
00:23Yeah, I don't have anything to announce at the moment in terms of airdrops.
00:26Of course, that's a capability that we maintain, but nothing to announce specifically on that.
00:32When it comes to humanitarian assistance for Gaza, we know that there is an urgent need
00:39for humanitarian assistance.
00:40Of course, USAID is the lead for the U.S. government in terms of working with the international
00:45community and the DOD is supporting their efforts.
00:48So we'll continue, obviously, to maintain close contact, as we have all along with USAID,
00:55on that front to ensure that we're doing our part to support those efforts.
00:58Okay, thanks, Matt.
01:00And then just a couple questions on the country of Georgia.
01:03Following Noble Partner being canceled, are there any other cancellations?
01:08Has every mil-to-mil operation been put on hold for the time being?
01:14There's supposed to be some sort of celebration at the end of August.
01:17Has that been put on hold?
01:18Can you give us any other updates?
01:20Yeah, I'm not tracking any other cancellations at this time.
01:23And then, I guess, does DOD see Georgia still as a U.S.-friendly ally, or does it see it
01:30moving towards Russia at this point?
01:31Yeah, I mean, we'll continue to partner with Georgian defense forces, and we'll continue
01:36to look for ways to strengthen Georgia's ability to safeguard its sovereignty and maintain
01:41its territorial integrity.
01:43The decision to cancel the exercise was not taken lightly.
01:48We place great consideration on the extensive value that allies and partners add to exercises
01:54such as Noble Partner.
01:56And so we're going to continue to look forward to future opportunities to cooperate with
02:00allies and partners.
02:02So I'll leave it there.
02:03Let me go to Konstantin.