Texas Rep. Doggett blasts Trump's hiring freeze, FAA airport staffing shortages
Democratic Rep. Lloyd Doggett, who represents Austin, issued the scathing statement the day after the deadly plane crash in Washington D.C.
The Mercury6d
The Mercury’s Sound Off for Tuesday, January 28
Sound Off is an opinion forum for Mercury readers to offer brief comments on today’s news. Submissions must be 75 words or ...
myhighplains18d
Austin, the first Black defense secretary, ends his term marred by Afghanistan but buoyed by Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will bid farewell Friday to the forces and personnel he has led through a tumultuous term that had three major military crises, a global pandemic and a ...
National Review18d
Sec Def Austin Took Meds That Could Impair Cognitive Function While in Sole Command of Pentagon, Watchdog Finds
Trump Signs Executive Order Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Gender Mutilation Judge Temporarily Halts Trump’s Freeze on Federal Grants, Loans Senate Democrats Squash GOP-Led ICC ...
The Straits Times18d
Pentagon probe raises new concerns about Lloyd Austin’s secret 2024 hospitalisation
WASHINGTON - An investigation released on Jan 15 into US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin’s secret 2024 hospitalisation found that his desire for privacy drove notification failures inside the ...
USNI18d
Pentagon Inspector General Report into SECDEF Austin’s Hospitalization
First, the review examined the processes, procedures, and actions related to the transfer of functions and duties from Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III (Secretary Austin), to Deputy ...
Fox News19d
Secretary Austin's secret hospitalizations 'unnecessarily' increased US national security risks, report finds
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s secret hospitalizations "unnecessarily" increased America’s national security risk, according to a new report from the Department of Defense Office of ...
New York Sun19d
Pentagon Inspector General Says Defense Secretary Austin ‘Unnecessarily’ Increased Risks to National Security With Secret Hospital Stays
Defense Secretary Austin “unnecessarily” put America’s national security at risk when he made trips to the hospital for cancer treatment that were kept secret from the White House and other high-level ...
The Hill19d
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 watchdog.
CBS News19d
Pentagon watchdog finds Lloyd Austin's hospitalization "unnecessarily" increased risks to national security
The Pentagon inspector general found in its review of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin's hospitalization last year that it "increased unnecessarily" the risks to national security, even if ...
Los Angeles Times19d
Austin failed to tell Congress or White House about his health problems as required, report says
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III did not inform Congress or the White House as required when he was incapacitated due to treatment for prostate cancer or when complications ...
CNN19d
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 ...