House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) on Tuesday launched a formal congressional investigation into Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization, demanding a “detailed account” of his stay and how he communicated his absence to Pentagon and Biden administration officials. The Alabama Republican called Austin’s effort to conceal his Jan. […]
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Joe Biden did not learn that his defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, had prostate cancer until Tuesday, the White House has said, minutes after it was disclosed to the public along with news of an infection that had also been kept under wraps. Austin prompted confusion followed by uproar when it […]
Is surgery for prostate cancer considered an elective procedure?The Defense Department has described Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s surgery to treat his prostate cancer on Dec. 22 as an “elective medical procedure.” Austin, who went home the day after the procedure, later developed complications from the operation and was hospitalized Jan. […]
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was diagnosed with prostate cancer in December and developed complications from a minimally invasive procedure he underwent to treat and cure it, officials from Walter Reed National Military Center officials said Tuesday. The complications are what led to Austin being admitted to Walter Reed […]
President Joe Biden is standing by Lloyd Austin despite the growing calls to fire the defense secretary after he kept his hospitalization a secret from the White House and senior Pentagon officials. ‘There are no plans for anything other than for Secretary Austin to stay in the job and continue in […]
The US defence secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospitalisation remained secret for longer than previously known, officials disclosed on Sunday, with his deputy on a long list of people up to President Joe Biden who were in the dark for days. The Pentagon released new details on Sunday about Austin’s continued hospitalisation, […]
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is set to keep his job despite failing to tell Joe Biden he was having surgery and going AWOL for five days. The top Pentagon official did not tell the White House about a scheduled operation which left him hospitalized at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center […]
WASHINGTON — Members of Congress and Pentagon leaders were unaware for days that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had been hospitalized since Monday, U.S. officials said Saturday, as questions swirled about his condition and the secrecy surrounding it. And it remained unclear when the White House and other key U.S. officials […]