Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is facing mounting criticism after failing to disclose for days that he was hospitalized with a serious medical condition.. The Pentagon last week announced Austin ...

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin returned to the hospital Friday for a routine exam following his two-week stay that sparked controversy for his failure to disclose his illness ...

Lawmakers grilled Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin about his unannounced absence. AFP via Getty Images “And back in December, I should have promptly informed the president, my team in Congress and ...

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Thursday admitted he mishandled communication around his treatment for prostate cancer and apologized to his colleagues and the American public in his first ...

S ecretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was hospitalized at Walter Reed Medical Center on January 1 for complications related to an as-yet-unspecified “minor elective surgery” he received on ...

President Biden has “no plans” to dismiss Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. REUTERS. Not only did the Pentagon fail to make proper notification to the White House of Austin’s condition, but it ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, facing reporters' questions for the first time since his secret hospitalization, said on Thursday that his cancer diagnosis was a "gut punch" and that his first ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin transferred his duties to his deputy as he is hospitalized for treatment for symptoms “suggesting an emergent bladder issue,” according to the Pentagon.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin faced pointed bipartisan criticism at a congressional hearing for his failure to promptly notify President Joe Biden and other U.S. leaders about his hospital stay ...

Lloyd Austin, Class of 1975. In high school, Austin's nickname was "Blade," courtesy of his school's football coach. "I was a very thin, kind of wiry young man," Austin recalled.

The Pentagon kept Lloyd Austin's hospitalization under wraps for days. He's still recovering at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, the Pentagon said, but he has returned to his full duties.