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Defense Secretary Austin’s secrecy around his hospitalizations increased the risks to national security, watchdog says
The secrecy surrounding Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin ... Speaking about the report on Wednesday, a senior defense official said Austin has acknowledged that he’d “made a mistake ...
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Secretary Austin's secret hospitalizations 'unnecessarily' increased US national security risks, report finds
The official also noted that "at every moment, either the Secretary of Defense or the Deputy Secretary of Defense was fully prepared to support the president." Austin acknowledged his office’s ...
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin risked national security 'unnecessarily,' Inspector General says
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon Inspector General released a scathing report Wednesday about Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s failure ... A Defense official, briefing reporters Wednesday on ...
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Pentagon watchdog finds Lloyd Austin's hospitalization "unnecessarily" increased risks to national security
The Pentagon inspector general found in its review of Secretary of Defense Lloyd ... and to the American people." The senior defense official said Austin "apologized and he committed to improving ...
Hegseth is quickly sworn in as defense secretary after dramatic Senate vote
(AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.) Vice President JD Vance, from left, swears in Pete Hegseth to be Secretary of Defense as his wife ...
New York Sun23d
Pentagon Inspector General Says Defense Secretary Austin ‘Unnecessarily’ Increased Risks to National Security With Secret Hospital Stays
Defense Secretary Austin “unnecessarily” put America ... and at no time were there any gaps in authorities or operational impacts,” the official said. In February 2024, Mr. Austin told reporters that ...