The investigation details exasperation among key aides to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin as he refused to disclose the extent of his medical crisis last year.

The Pentagon inspector general found in its review of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin's hospitalization last year that it "increased unnecessarily" the risks to national security, even if ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization scandal last year increased national security risks and should have been handled better, according to a new report from the Pentagon’s watchdog.

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin 's failure to inform Congress or ... In several instances, staff said Austin told them to keep his hospitalization quiet. But Austin said he did not. In one ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s secret hospitalizations "unnecessarily ... texted the secretary’s junior military assistant, who was in the hospital with the secretary at the time.

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon Inspector General released a scathing report Wednesday about Defense Secretary Lloyd ... about his hospitalization. The Pentagon watchdog found that "Austin’s strong ...

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 ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon ... and that desire for privacy came to a head ...

During his time Austin oversaw the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, led the more than 50-nation coalition supporting Ukraine in its war with Russia, and directed the most intense naval combat ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization scandal last year increased national security risks and should have been handled better, according to a new report from the Pentagon’s watchdog. The ...