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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin risked national security

Pentagon watchdog finds Lloyd Austin's hospitalization "unnecessarily" increased risks to national security

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was hospitalized for two weeks at the start of 2024 for complications arising from surgery to treat prostate cancer.

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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin risked national security 'unnecessarily,' Inspector General says

The Pentagon Inspector General released a scathing report about Defense Secretary Austin’s failure to quickly disclose his hospitalization in early 2024.

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Defense Secretary Austin’s secrecy around his hospitalizations increased the risks to national security, watchdog says

The secrecy surrounding Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s hospitalizations in late 2023 and early 2024 “increased unnecessarily” the risks to US national security, the Pentagon’s inspector general concluded in a report released on Wednesday.

Lloyd Austin, Congress and White House

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DOD investigation concludes Austin is responsible for failure to notify Congress, White House of his cancer diagnosis as required

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is responsible for the Pentagon neglecting to tell Congress and the White House that the former Army general was incapacitated last year due to treatment for prostate cancer as his office is required to do.

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Austin failed to tell Congress or the White House about his health problems as required, report says

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s failure to inform Congress or the White House as required when he was incapacitated due to treatment for prostate cancer and later complications potentially raised “unnecessary” security risks.

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Report criticizes Austin’s health secrecy

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's failure to inform Congress or the White House as required when he was incapacitated due to treatment for prostate cancer and later complications potentially raised "unnecessary" security risks,

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Sec Def Austin Took Meds That Could Impair Cognitive Function While in Sole Command of Pentagon, Watchdog Finds

A watchdog investigation into outgoing Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization in 2024 found that his secretive ...

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Austin transferred power after taking meds that could affect cognitive function

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was hospitalized in 2024 and given medication that could affect his cognitive functions before he transferred his authority.

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Austin tells OMB $926 billion defense budget needed, $55 billion over current plan

Austin recommended that OMB leave Trump’s incoming administration a proposed five-year defense plan that starts with $926.5 ...

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Austin failed to tell Congress or White House about his health problems as required, report says

The inspector general's report faults Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III for keeping his hospitalization secret for days, ...

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Lloyd Austin recommends a $50 billion increase in defense spending

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is recommending that the incoming administration spend $50 billion more on defense than ...

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Dem senator who bashed Hegseth's qualifications stands by DOD sec who oversaw botched Afghan withdrawal

Sen. Blumenthal grilled SecDef nominee Pete Hegseth on his qualifications despite reaffirming current support for the job ...

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The Pentagon’s watchdog, in a highly critical report released Wednesday, faults Austin for the communications failures early ...

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Zelenskyy and Austin use their final meeting to press Trump to keep supporting Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin used their final meeting in Germany to press ...

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