WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday he never told his staff to keep his cancer surgery and hospitalization secret from the White House, but acknowledged he should have handled it differently and he apologized for keeping President Joe Biden and others in the dark for ...
During Austin's hospital stay, the Pentagon has come under fire for waiting days to inform the White House that Austin was in the hospital and the reason for his hospitalization. Senior aides to Austin at the Pentagon did not tell the White House, Congress, or the public about Austin's ...
After days of not revealing what promptedDefense Secretary Lloyd Austin's hospitalization, the Pentagon disclosed Tuesday that Austin had previously been treated for prostate cancer. A statement from medical providers at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center released by the Pentagon said Austin und...
The White House says the administration will review what rules or procedures weren’t followed when the defense secretary did not disclose his hospitalization for days.
The information comes as the Pentagon faces criticism for not informing the White House, Congress or the public of Austin's hospitalization sooner. The president was not informed of Austin's cancer diagnosis until Tuesday morning, several weeks after the initial surgical procedure, the White House ...
2024. Austin’s deputy, Kathleen Hicks, was named acting secretary of defense, but she did not know of Austin’s hospitalization until days later. The Pentagon was widely criticized for its lack oftransparencyin failing to inform Biden or other members of the government about Austin’s illness...