Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin underwent a medical procedure at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Friday evening and has resumed duty after temporarily transferring power to his deputy, Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said in a statement. Source link
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will undergo a medical procedure at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Friday evening and will transfer power temporarily to his deputy, Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said in a statement. Source link
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Thursday faced pointed criticism from lawmakers on Capitol Hill over his failure to notify the White House and Congress about his hospitalization last month. Mr. Austin was rushed to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Jan. 1 after suffering complications arising from his prostate cancer diagnosis, which he […]
When Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was rushed into the intensive care unit at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center last month, his military assistants made the call to transfer his authority to Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks. On Jan. 2, Ms. Hicks was notified she was now leading America’s armed forces while on vacation […]
WASHINGTON — An internal review blames privacy restrictions and staff hesitancy for the Pentagon‘s failure last month to quickly notify the president and other senior leaders about Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization for complications from prostate cancer surgery. The review, which was done by Austin’s subordinates, largely absolves anyone of wrongdoing for the secrecy surrounding […]
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was released from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Tuesday, ending his second stay since surgery to treat prostate cancer, and he has resumed his full duties, the Pentagon said. Austin, 70, has had ongoing health issues since undergoing surgery in December. He was taken back to Walter […]
WASHINGTON — The revelation that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had prostate cancer surgery and was later hospitalized in intensive care due to complications from that operation without President Joe Biden, Cabinet members or even his deputy knowing has put an intense spotlight on what staff knew when and why they did not inform government or […]
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is back in the hospital, but this time he at least told his boss he was on the DL. Austin is in the critical care unit of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where he’s being treated for an “emergent bladder issue,” according to the Pentagon spokesman. […]
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin acknowledged Thursday he was “shaken” by a cancer diagnosis in early December, but issued a string of apologies for concealing his health woes from the president and the American people in his first public press briefing since the furor broke last month. Mr. Austin called the medical news a “gut […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday he never directed anyone on his staff not to tell the White House he’d been hospitalized and takes full responsibility for keeping President Biden in the dark for weeks that he’d been diagnosed with prostate cancer. “We did not handle this right and I did not […]
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