Bureau Home Bureau Home About Us Leadership Remarks & Releases Reports Key Topics Contact Us HomeBureaus & Offices > Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security ...Bureau of Political-Military Affairs hide Bureau of Political-Military Affairs Our Mission The Bureau of the Political-Military Affairs (PM) builds enduring security partnerships to advance U.S. national security objectives. The Bureau of Political-Military Affairs is the Department of State's principal link to the Department of Defense. The PM Bureau provides policy direction in the areas of international security, security assistance, military operations, defense strategy and plans, and defense trade. Senior Bureau Official James W. Holtsnider Follow Us: Twitter The Latest March 1, 2025 Military Assistance to Israel I have signed a declaration to use emergency authorities to expedite the delivery of approximately $4 billion in military assistance to Israel. The decision to reverse the Biden Administration’s partial arms embargo, which wrongly withheld a number of weapons and ammunition from Israel, is yet another sign that Israel has no greater ally in the […] August 5, 2025 Joint Statement on the First High-Level Trilateral Coordination Meeting and the C-UAS July 29, 2025 Repatriation of Unaccompanied U.S. Citizen Minor from Northeast Syria July 25, 2025 U.S. Delivers $4 Billion FMF Loan Guarantee to Poland, Advancing Strategic Partnership and Strengthening NATO’s Eastern Flank See All Offices of the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs Directorate of Defense Trade Controls Office of Defense Integration Office of Global Programs and Initiatives Office of Regional Security and Arms Transfers Office of Security Assistance Office of Security Negotiations and Agreements Office of Strategy, Resources, Analytics, and Communications Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement
