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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was admitted to a hospital for prostate cancer surgery and later had a urinary tract infection after the operation.

The Pentagon released key details about Defense Secretary Austin's secret hospitalization on Tuesday. Now that we know more, I'm wondering what did Putin and Xi learn from this fumble?

The Pentagon acknowledged Tuesday that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was treated for prostate cancer and his recent hospitalization was due to complications from a urinary tract infection. The statement was issued a day after both the White House and Pentagon said they were reviewing the circumstances surrounding Austin's hospitalization last week and the lack of…

Both the White House and Pentagon say they will look into why President Joe Biden and other top officials weren’t informed for days that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had been

WASHINGTON (AP) — Both the White House and Pentagon said Monday they would look into why President Joe Biden and other top officials weren’t informed for days that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had b...

With all the missteps in foreign policy and national security from the debacle in Afghanistan to miscalculating everything about Ukraine to totally missing the Hamas terror attack on Israel, Americans rightly have grave concerns about our ship of state. The Biden administration’s track record of abysmal failures has precipitated numerous criticisms of incompetence and negligence, so perhaps it should be no surprise there’s no one on the bridge. Yet, Americans were shocked to learn ...

WASHINGTON -- Both the White House and the Pentagon said Monday that they would look into why President Joe Biden and other top officials werent informed for days that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had been hospitalized. A Pentagon spokesman pointed to one reason: A key staff member was out sick with the flu.

President Biden and other top officials weren’t informed for days that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had been hospitalized and had turned over power to his deputy.

The White House chief of staff is also ordering Cabinet heads to notify his office if they ever can’t perform their duties.

For three days, the White House was unaware that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was in the hospital, raising security questions about the chain of command. Now, the administration pledges to examine what went wrong and enact reforms.