Austin Says He Never Told Anyone on His Staff to Keep White House in The Dark on Hospitalization “We did not handle this right and I did not handle this right. I should have told the president about my cancer diagnosis. I...
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin Returns to Work at the Pentagon After Cancer Surgery Complications Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has returned to work at the Pentagon after nearly a month’s absence because of prostate cancer...
White House Sets New Guidelines for Cabinet Notifications After Austin's Secret Hospitalization White House chief of staff Jeff Zients launched a review of existing notification procedures earlier this month shortly after...
Washington and Baghdad Plan to Hold Talks Soon to End Presence of US-Led Coalition in Iraq The United States and Iraq expect to begin formal talks soon to wind down the mission of a U.S.-led military coalition formed...
Pentagon Has No More Money for Ukraine as It Hosts a Meeting of 50 Allies on Support for Kyiv For almost 20 months the Pentagon has spearheaded a monthly gathering of about 50 allies in which the U.S. has led the way in...
The Defense Secretary and the Chain of Command: Why Critics Are Wrong About Austin's Emergency "Public officials should be careful not to convey to the world the mistaken impression that the United States is a helpless...
Defense Secretary Austin Summoned to Capitol Hill for Testimony About Secret Hospitalization If Austin agrees to testify, it could be the first public airing of his thought process since the Pentagon disclosed earlier...
Aide to Lloyd Austin Asked Ambulance to Arrive Quietly to Defense Secretary's Home, 911 Call Shows An aide to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin asked first responders to avoid using lights and sirens in requesting an ambulance...
Austin Is Released from Hospital After Complications from Prostate Cancer Surgery He Kept Secret It is still unclear when Austin will return to his office in the Pentagon or how his cancer treatment will affect his job...
Pentagon Inspector General to Investigate Defense Secretary's Failure to Notify Key Officials of Hospitalization The DoD inspector general is an independent and objective agency, and its findings will be separate from those of the Office...
The Army Has Officially Deployed Laser Weapons Overseas to Combat Enemy Drones A pair of laser weapons has been deployed by the Army to an undisclosed location overseas to blast incoming enemy drones out...
Fired After 6 Months: Army Sacks Commander of Germany Unit Meant to Bolster NATO Against Russia Lt. Col. Eric Ackles, commander of 1st Battalion, 57th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, was relieved of command, the service...
Toxic Exposure Screenings: Vets Report Spotty Follow-Up on Questionnaire Meant to Boost Health Care and Benefits Rolled out with great fanfare in November 2022, toxic exposure screenings for all VA patients were mandated by the PACT Act...
Feds Settle Case for $2 Million After Skydiving Plane Took Out Marine Corps Osprey on Runway Nearly four years after a civilian skydiving aircraft collided with a Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey sitting on a San Diego runway...
Reports of Mediocre Disability Exams by VA Contractors Prompts Senator's Demand for Answers A prominent Democratic senator is demanding the Department of Veterans Affairs review the quality of its privatized...