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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.
Pentagon watchdog finds Austin hospitalization scandal increased security risks
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
Pentagon inspector general faults Austin for hospitalization secrecy
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.
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.
Pentagon investigation raises new concerns about Austin's 2024 hospitalization
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, and that he took medication that could have affected his cognitive functions while still in sole command.
Secrecy around Lloyd Austin's hospitalizations raises national security concerns
The Pentagon's inspector general concluded that the secrecy surrounding Lloyd Austin's hospitalizations increased national security risks
US defense contractor tells Musk panel that Pentagon bureaucracy is the problem
The CEO of one of the world's biggest defense contractors, L3Harris Technologies, told President-elect Donald Trump's ...
The Pentagon needs a new kind of leader
After years of failure, Pete Hegseth is the new secretary of defense that the Pentagon needs to clean up its act and ensure ...
China's military corruption purges are 'just the tip of the iceberg,' the Pentagon says, and could put Beijing's ambitions in danger
US officials believe corruption issues could throw China off track of its modernization goals and plans for Taiwan in the ...
Highlights From the Hearing Where Republicans Embraced Hegseth’s Bid to Lead the Pentagon
Trump’s pick for defense secretary, emerged from a tense confirmation hearing on Tuesday with the support of the Republican ...
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How hard is it to run the Pentagon?
It would be very hard for a president to override the advice he was getting from the secretary and the chairman [of the joint ...
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Pentagon Review Finds Troops' Pay Is Competitive But Recommends Quality-of-Life Tweaks
The Quadrenial Review of Military Compensation was unveiled Wednesday and reported that "the department's compensation ...
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Former Pentagon official John Plumb joins startup K2 Space
WASHINGTON — John Plumb, who served as the first assistant secretary of defense for space policy from 2022 to 2024, has ...
New Administration to Take Over in Challenging Era for the Pentagon
The incoming defense secretary will face several challenges, including the war in Ukraine and the turmoil in the Middle East.