Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin risked national security 'unnecessarily,' Inspector General says Austin, suffering from complications after surgery for prostate cancer, had sought to keep his ...

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon Inspector General released a scathing report Wednesday about Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s failure to alert the White House and his senior staff about his ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin revoked plea deals on Friday that would have spared the death penalty for the accused mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and two alleged accomplices.

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 watchdog.

ARLINGTON, Va. — To much fanfare, the U.S. military bid farewell to the nation's 28th Secretary of Defense. Lloyd Austin graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1975 and went ...

Austin served as the 28th U.S. Secretary of Defense from Jan. 2021 to Jan. 2025. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy.

America’s Pentagon chief will not be in attendance when more than 50 other defense leaders meet this week to coordinate military aid to Ukraine.

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, right, listening to Laos’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence Chansamone Chanyalath, left, speaking during the ASEAN-US Defence ...

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