Austin, the first Black defense secretary, ends his term marred by ...
15 hours ago · 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 personal brush with cancer that became a flashpoint for the way it was mishandled.. Austin, 71, spent 41 years of his life in a military uniform. He retired as a highly decorated four-star ...
Remarks by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III at the Armed …
1 day ago · For more than five decades, President Joe Biden has thrown himself into public service. And over the past four years, he's secured his place in history as one of our great foreign-policy ...
Austin, the first Black defense secretary, ends his term marred by ...
15 hours ago · Austin retired from the Army in 2016 only to be asked to return to the Pentagon by President Joe Biden in 2021, making history as the nation's first Black defense secretary.
Austin, the first Black defense secretary, ends his term marred by ...
15 hours ago · Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin listens as President Joe Biden speaks about foreign policy during a speech at the State Department in Washington, Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Watch live: Lloyd Austin bids farewell to Pentagon post - The Hill
12 hours ago · Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will bid farewell in a speech Friday morning, just days before President-elect Trump is set to return to the White House. During his four years helming the Pentagon ...
Austin failed to tell Congress or the White House about his health ...
2 days ago · Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s failure to inform Congress or the White House as required when he was incapacitated due to treatment for prostate cancer and later complications potentially raised “unnecessary” security risks. ... Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin listens as President Joe Biden speaks about foreign policy during a speech at ...
Lloyd Austin - Wikipedia
Lloyd James Austin III (born August 8, 1953) is a retired United States Army officer and current civil servant who has served as the 28th United States secretary of defense since January 22, 2021.. Before retiring from the military in 2016, Austin served as the 12th commander of United States Central Command (CENTCOM), beginning in March 2013. [1] Prior to that he served as the 33rd vice chief ...
Biden says Austin had judgment lapse by not telling him of ... - CNN
Jan 12, 2024 · President Joe Biden on Friday said Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had a lapse in judgement by not notifying him of his hospitalization, but White House officials made a point in emphasizing...
Statement by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III on President Joe …
Jul 21, 2024 · President Biden renewed, deepened, and broadened the unmatched global network of alliances and partnerships that makes America more secure; he rallied the world to …
Joe Biden stands by Lloyd Austin despite lack of hospitalisation …
Jan 8, 2024 · The White House has brushed off calls for Lloyd Austin’s resignation as it sought to quell a mounting furore over the Pentagon’s decision to withhold information about the defence secretary’s...