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Pentagon watchdog finds Lloyd Austin's hospitalization "unnecessarily" increased risks to national security
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was hospitalized for two weeks at the start of 2024 for complications arising from surgery to treat prostate cancer.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin risked national security 'unnecessarily,' Inspector General says
The Pentagon Inspector General released a scathing report about Defense Secretary Austin’s failure to quickly disclose his hospitalization in early 2024.
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. The Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Defense (OIG),
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 inspector general concluded in a report released on Wednesday.
Pentagon IG slams Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin for secret hospital stays
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s failure to alert the White House and his own senior staff about his hospitalization early last year after complications from a surgical procedure “unnecessarily” risked national security,
Secretary Austin's secret hospitalizations 'unnecessarily' increased US national security risks, report finds
The Department of Defense Office of Inspector General found that Secretary Lloyd Austin's secret hospitalizations "unnecessarily" put America's national security at higher risk.
Pentagon Inspector General Says Defense Secretary Austin ‘Unnecessarily’ Increased Risks to National Security With Secret Hospital Stays
A Pentagon official insists there were no ‘gaps in authorities or operational impacts’ during Secretary Austin’s hospitalizations.
Watchdog: Austin Needlessly Risked National Security
The Pentagon's internal watchdog says Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin "unnecessarily" increased risks to national security by keeping his illness and hospitalizations secret in late 2023 and early 2024.

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Pentagon report criticizes defense secretary, deputy for not adhering to protocols
In a statement accompanying his report on Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization, Pentagon Inspector General Robert ...
Pentagon inspector general faults Austin for hospitalization secrecy
The inspector general’s investigation details exasperation among key aides to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin as he refused to ...
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DOD investigation concludes Austin is responsible for failure to notify Congress, White House of his cancer diagnosis as required
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is responsible for the Pentagon neglecting to tell Congress and the White House that the ...