Pentagon watchdog finds Lloyd Austin's hospitalization "unnecessarily" increased risks to national security
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was hospitalized for two weeks at the start of 2024 for complications arising from surgery to ...
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Lloyd Austin ends term marred by Afghanistan but buoyed by Ukraine
Defense Secretary Austin will bid farewell Friday following a term that included three major military crises, a global ...
Austin, the first Black defense secretary, ends his term marred by Afghanistan but buoyed by Ukraine
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is bidding farewell to the forces and personnel he's led through a tumultuous term ...
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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’s hospitalizations in ... including text messages and classified emails, and included interviews with 44 witnesses — focused on ...
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Austin tells OMB $926 billion defense budget needed, $55 billion over current plan
Outgoing Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin recommended the US government ... Pentagon Comptroller Mike McCord said in a Bloomberg Government interview in October that the placeholder planning figure ...
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Austin failed to tell Congress or the White House about his health problems as required, report says
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 ...
The Lloyd void: Ukraine group wrestles with future after Austin leaves
Formed in the aftermath of Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, the Ukraine Defense Contact Group has ballooned to 50-plus ...
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Syria Needs US Troop Presence to Thwart Islamic State: Pentagon Chief
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin looks on from the East Room of the White House during a Medal of Freedom ceremony on January 4, 2025, in Washington, DC. On Wednesday, Austin said that Syria ...
US troops need to stay in Syria to counter ISIS, Pentagon chief says
U.S forces are still needed in Syria to prevent ISIS from reconstituting as a major threat following Assad's ouster, Defense ...
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Military appeals court rules defense secretary couldn't rescind 9/11 plea deals
Washington — A military appeals court ruled Monday that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin could not withdraw plea agreements for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the Sept.
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US troops need to stay in Syria to counter the Islamic State group, defense secretary says
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told The Associated Press.American forces are still needed there, particularly to ensure the security of detention camps holding tens of thousands of former IS ...
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The Lloyd void: Ukraine group wrestles with future after Austin leaves
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is in Germany for a final meeting ... Rob Bauer, NATO’s top military official, said in an interview. “We have to continue to support Ukraine.” ...