WASHINGTON (Reuters) -An investigation released on Wednesday into U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's secret 2024 hospitalization found his desire for privacy drove notification failures inside ...

The Pentagon’s inspector general will scrutinize how President Biden and others were left unaware for days that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was hospitalized.

An unclassified summary of the review did not identify any failures by Austin or his aides as they oversaw the transfer of top-level authority from Austin to his deputy while he was undergoing ...

The Pentagon’s internal watchdog says he will review the secrecy surrounding Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization.

The Pentagon on Monday released the results of a 30-day review that effectively absolved itself of any wrongdoing in U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's secret hospitalizations in December and ...

The House Armed Services Committee will look into how senior leaders mishandled the defense secretary's hospitalization earlier this month.

A Pentagon review of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s delayed notification of his January hospitalization found there was no deliberate attempt to “obfuscate” the situation but did make a ...

Austin’s undisclosed hospitalization draws new internal investigation By Dan Lamothe and Mariana Alfaro The Washington Post, Updated January 11, 2024, 11:36 p.m.

The Inspector General for the Department of Defense announced Thursday it is investigating the circumstances of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s recent hospitalization.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin waited several days to inform President Biden and members of Congress that he was hospitalized after complications from elective surgery.

Pentagon watchdog will review Defense Secretary Austin’s failure to disclose his hospitalization By TARA COPP The Associated Press, Updated January 11, 2024, 5:03 p.m.