WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin returned to work at the Pentagon on Monday after nearly a month’s absence because of prostate cancer and was meeting with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg. “At this important time, I’m glad to be back at the Pentagon,” said Austin, speaking at the start of the meeting. “I feel […]
For a man who wanted to keep his medical issues private, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has managed a botch job that is on par in terms of incompetence — if not perhaps in impact — with the Pentagon’s withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. Austin, as you no doubt have heard (despite his attempts to […]
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is working from home while continuing physical therapy after hospitalizations for prostate cancer that were not immediately disclosed to other officials at the Pentagon or the White House. A Defense Department spokesman said Mr. Austin is expected to make a full recovery following his stay at Walter Reed National Military Medical […]
Even before Tuesday, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin had, to quote Ricky Ricardo, some ’splainin to do. Austin, as you will no doubt recall, was AWOL from his position for the first week of the month. First, we were told it was due to an “elective procedure” — implying some kind of minor medical treatment. […]
It’s hard to believe that the scandal surrounding Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin could get any worse, but it’s starting to look that way. Austin’s hospitalization was such a closely guarded secret that for roughly four or five days that neither Congress nor the White House had any idea Austin was missing, and Deputy Defense […]
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