Jan 17, 2025 · WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin bid farewell Friday to the forces and personnel he has led through a tumultuous term that had three major military …

U.S. secretary of defense Lloyd Austin hosts Saudi prince Khalid bin Salman at the Pentagon, July 6, 2021. On February 25, 2021, under Biden's direction, Austin coordinated military …

Jan 17, 2025 · Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon on May 20, 2024, in Washington. (Kevin Wolf/AP) Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will bid farewell …

Feb 13, 2024 · WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was released from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Tuesday, ending his second stay since surgery to …

Lloyd James Austin III served as the Secretary of Defense from Jan. 22, 2021, to Jan. 20, 2025. Mr. Austin was the principal assistant to the President in all matters relating to the...

Jan 17, 2025 · 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.

Jan 15, 2025 · 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 …

Jan 20, 2025 · At the same time, under Austin’s leadership, the Pentagon blocked the Biden administration from sharing intelligence for a probe by the International Criminal Court into …

Jan 29, 2024 · Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III returned to the Pentagon on Monday for the first time in more than a month, the Defense Department said, after his surgery for prostate …

Jan 8, 2024 · Washington has been reeling from the surprise news that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had been hospitalized for several days — without most top U.S. officials knowing where …