Austin, the first Black defense secretary, ends his term marred by ...
21 hours ago · WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will bid farewell Friday to the forces and personnel he has led through a tumultuous term that had three major military crises, a global pandemic and a personal brush with cancer that became a flashpoint for the way it was mishandled.. Austin, 71, spent 41 years of his life in a military uniform. He retired as a highly decorated four-star ...
Lloyd Austin - Wikipedia
Lloyd James Austin III (born August 8, 1953) is a retired United States Army officer and current civil servant who has served as the 28th United States secretary of defense since January 22, 2021. Before retiring from the military in 2016, Austin served as the 12th commander of United States Central Command (CENTCOM), beginning in March 2013. [1] .
Pentagon investigation raises new concerns about Austin's 2024 ...
2 days ago · An investigation released on Wednesday into U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's secret 2024 hospitalization found his desire for privacy drove notification failures inside the government, and ...
Austin failed to tell Congress or the White House about his health ...
2 days ago · WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ‘s failure to inform Congress or the White House as required when he was incapacitated due to treatment for prostate cancer and later complications potentially raised “unnecessary” security risks, the Pentagon’s watchdog concluded in a highly critical report released Wednesday.. The inspector general’s report concluded there were no ...
Pentagon watchdog finds Lloyd Austin's hospitalization …
2 days ago · Defense Sec. Austin says he sees diversity in military as a strength in face of Hegseth criticisms 05:06. The Pentagon inspector general found in its review of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin's ...
Defense Secretary Austin’s secrecy around his hospitalizations
2 days ago · The secrecy surrounding Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s hospitalizations in late 2023 and early 2024 “increased unnecessarily” the risks to US national security, the Pentagon’s ...
What we know about Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization - CNN
Jan 8, 2024 · A statement from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Tuesday revealed after days of uncertainty that US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had been treated at the hospital in December for...
Lloyd J. Austin III > U.S. Department of Defense > Biography
Lloyd James Austin III was sworn in as the 28th Secretary of Defense on January 22, 2021. Mr. Austin is the principal assistant to the President in all matters relating to the Department of...
Members of Congress, White House push for answers about Lloyd Austin…
Jan 10, 2024 · The Pentagon has come under fire for not being more transparent about information regarding Austin's hospitalization and a communication lapse that left top Pentagon officials and the White House ...
Lloyd Austin Returns to Pentagon a Month After Surgery …
Jan 29, 2024 · Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III returned to the Pentagon on Monday for the first time in more than a month, the Defense Department said, after his surgery for prostate cancer and...