On Wednesday’s edition of NBC’s “Meet the Press Now,” Biden 2024 Campaign Co-Chair Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) said that while Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin “Maybe” should have told people about his health issues and hospitalization sooner, the story “Absolutely” does
Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-PA) called on Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to resign over Austin’s lack of transparency about his recent medical treatment.
President Joe Biden first learned just on Tuesday that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was diagnosed with prostate cancer in December.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) responded to the hospitalization of Lloyd Austin, which the White House was not informed of, by pointing out that Austin himself accused Tuberville of endangering military readiness.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Kudlow,” Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) stated that while he doesn’t think Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will resign and we shouldn’t expect him to, the internal
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) stated that President Joe Biden “needs to evaluate his relationship” with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin based on Austin’s answer on why Austin didn’t
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) stated that while there’s no good excuse for Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin not informing the White House about his health issues, “Republicans,
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” John Ratcliffe, who served as Director of National Intelligence during the Trump administration, stated that while Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin deserves plenty of critical focus, the incident “is really
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” Fox News Medical Contributor and Clinical Professor at NYU Grossman School of Medicine Dr. Marc Siegel stated that the Biden administration is still not being straightforward about Defense Secretary Lloyd
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” George Washington School of Medicine & Health Sciences Professor and CNN Medical Analyst Dr. Jonathan Reiner, who also advised the White House medical team under President George W. Bush stated that the Biden administration’s
White House chief of staff Jeff Zients is launching a review of protocols for cabinet members delegating authority, after Austin hid an emergency hospitalization from Biden for several days last week.
The Pentagon released details of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s medical procedures after the White House launched a review after he was hospitalized for several days without telling the president, the national security adviser, his own deputy, and members of Congress.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s office is investigating itself for breakdowns in notifying Joe Biden and others about his hospitalization.
China’s state-run propaganda newspaper Global Times declared President Joe Biden “inadequate” and his administration “disorderly” on Monday over the secret hospitalization of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin – a criticism levied nearly five months after the still-unexplained disappearance of now-former Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu.
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Newsnight,” host Abby Phillip laid out all the major events that occurred during Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization and stated that White House officials turned down requests from the show to explain the situation. Phillip
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” CNN National Security Analyst and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper argued that the outcry over Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin being hospitalized in secret is “making a mountain out of a molehill”
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” Brett Bruen, who served as Director of Global Engagement under President Barack Obama, stated that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin should resign and that should be one of “several resignations here, including his chief of
Rep. Matt Gaetz called for a hearing on Austin’s failure to communicate his hospitalization to Biden and other top national security officials.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Joe Biden “continues to have complete confidence” in Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
Stefanik called on Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to resign following revelations he was admitted to the intensive care unit on January 1 but did not tell the president until January 4.
Although Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin failed to inform the White House about his recent hospitalization, President Joe Biden (D) is not considering firing him, Politico reported Monday.
President Joe Biden and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin — the two officials with National Command Authority, or the authority to give military orders — were both out of office on New Year’s Day, raising questions as to who exactly would be in charge in the case of a military emergency.
Former President Donald Trump publicly called on President Joe Biden to fire Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin for the delayed announcement about his hospitalization.
Washington remained in collective shock on Sunday, as more information trickled out about Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s failure to disclose that he was admitted to the hospital’s intensive care unit for days without telling the president, the national security adviser, members of Congress, and the public.
Republican officials are expressing outrage over the Biden administration’s Department of Defense “lack of transparency” after the revelation it hid the fact Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was hospitalized for days, raising serious queries about the maintenance of security during that period.
The top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, Sen. Roger Wicker, slammed the Pentagon for its “shocking defiance of the law” after it failed to disclose Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization to the president, the National Security Council, and Congress for several days, and called for a briefing from the administration “immediately.”
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) demanded in a statement that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin explain why he did not notify President Joe Biden and the National Security Council that he was hospitalized for more than three days.
The Pentagon on Friday evening revealed that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was admitted to the hospital four days earlier, on New Year’s Day, January 1.
A recently released independent study showed that there was no extremism problem in the United States military, despite the Biden Pentagon making it a top priority to root out alleged extremists.
The Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen fired a missile that struck the Maersk Hangzhou in the Red Sea on Saturday, according to U.S. Central Command — the first successful strike against a commercial ship since the U.S. formed a coalition to deter attacks.
Iraqi PM Mohammed Shia al-Sudani says U.S. and allied troops will be asked to leave the country after attacks by Iran’s Shiite militias.
The Biden administration’s ballyhooed naval coalition scrapped together for the purpose of deterring missile and drone attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea by the Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen is failing.
The U.S. military struck three sites used by Iran-backed terrorist forces in Iraq on Monday in response to a one-way drone attack that wounded three American personnel earlier in the day, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said.
Pro-Palestinian protesters converged on the homes of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on Christmas Day.
Spain has backed away from a U.S.-led coalition meant to deter the Iranian-backed Houthis from attacks on global shipping near the Bab-el-Mandeb strait at the southern end of the Red Sea.
Trump stood up to the Houthis, and to Iran. Biden reversed that policy within days of taking office. We see the result: a failure, like the rest of his foreign policy.
Sources in the shipping industry told Reuters on Thursday they are “in the dark” about the Biden administration’s new Operation Prosperity Garden, a multinational effort to protect Red Sea shipping from terrorist attacks by the Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen.
The Iran-backed Houthi terrorist organization controlling Yemen threatened to turn the Red Sea into a “graveyard” on Monday in response to U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announcing a coalition to stop Houthi pirate attacks on shipping vessels in the region.
President Trump’s successful policies in containing the Houthis were reversed by President Biden within days of taking office in 2021.
U.S. defense leaders fawned over Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday during his visit to the Pentagon’s National Defense University, as he pitched for more U.S. taxpayer aid to Ukraine.
