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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon said on Monday (Jan 8) it was not currently planning to withdraw its roughly 2,500 troops from Iraq, despite Baghdad's announcement last week it would begin the process of removing the US-led military coalition from the country. "Right now, I'm not aware of any plans (to plan for withdrawal). We continue to remain very focused on...

The defense secretary has been hospitalized since Jan. 1, after complications from an elective procedure but the White House didn't know for days.

The Pentagon has said Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin does not plan to offer the president his resignation, and several Biden administration officials said he wouldn't accept...

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville believes the policies of the Biden administration are possibly leading America into another world war. 

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s secretive hospitalization has sparked mounting criticism on Capitol Hill and calls from GOP figures including former President Trump for his resignation. The 70-year-old Austin, who remains hospitalized after a Jan. 1 check-in, has taken responsibility for the failure to disclose his visit and acknowledged the transparency concerns. But the Pentagon still has not offered any information about the elective medical procedure…

(Bloomberg) -- US lawmakers demanded answers from the Pentagon after Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin failed to notify the White House about his hospitalization for four days, saying they weren’t satisfied with the explanation for his absence.Most Read from BloombergBoeing Slumps After Panel Blowout Leads to Partial 737 GroundingMusk’s Drug Use Concerns Tesla, SpaceX Leaders, WSJ SaysIPhone Survives 16,000-Foot Fall, Helps Steer Jet-Panel HuntEmirates’ Clark Says Blowout Illus...

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin may have violated the law by failing to report his recent hospitalization to his boss, but likely only faces a reprimand from US President Joe Biden, despite some calls for his resignation, two legal experts said on Monday. WHAT DID AUSTIN DO? Austin, 70, was admitted on New Year's Day to an Intensive Care Unit at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for what the Pentagon has said were "complications following a recent elective medical proce...

Rep. Matt Rosendale stated that he believes Lloyd Austin "violated his oath of office" on multiple occasions, which pushed him to introduce articles of impeachment against the Defense Secretary.

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden does not plan to fire Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin after his failure to disclose his hospitalization last week, officials said on Monday, as the Pentagon revealed a second hospital stay that was kept from the White House. Biden's administration attempted to quiet a political furor that has erupted following revelations over the past several days that Biden did not know his defense secretary was in the hospital for several days, alt...

Hard-line House Republican Matt Rosendale (Mont.) on Monday announced plans to introduce an impeachment resolution against Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin over his failure last week to notify the White House and Congress he had been hospitalized for several days, as well as the troubled withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 and the Chinese spy balloon that flew over parts of the country last year. Rosendale, who will be introducing the article of…