WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was diagnosed with prostate cancer last month and developed complications from a minimally invasive procedure he underwent to treat and cure it, officials at Walter Reed National Military Center said Tuesday. The complications led to Austin’s being admitted to Walter Reed on Jan. 1 and, eventually, the intensive care […]
US defence secretary Lloyd Austin has prostate cancer and his recent secretive hospital admission was for surgery and later to treat an urinary tract infection related to the operation, doctors have said. The 70-year-old was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre in Maryland on December 22 and underwent surgery to treat the cancer. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House chief of staff on Tuesday ordered Cabinet members or secretaries to notify his office if they ever can’t perform their duties, as the Biden administration, reeling from learning of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s surprise illness last week, mounts a policy review. Jeff Zients, in a memo to Cabinet secretaries, […]
By Jeff Mason, Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden does not plan to fire Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin after his failure to disclose his hospitalization last week, officials said on Monday, as the Pentagon revealed a second hospital stay that was kept from the White House. Biden’s […]
The White House has said that the US defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, will stay in his job but noted his “lack of transparency” and called for a review of procedures after he spent three days in hospital without informing the president. Related: Lloyd Austin first went into hospital on 22 December – Pentagon The White […]
US president Joe Biden does not plan to fire defence secretary Lloyd Austin over his failure to disclose a hospitalisation for days, the White House said on Monday, as prominent Republicans called for the Pentagon chief to be removed. Mr Austin, who sits just below Mr Biden at the top of the chain of command […]
President Joe Biden is not considering firing Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin after he did not tell the White House about his emergency hospitalization, four senior administration officials told POLITICO. Beyond that, one official noted, the president would not accept a resignation if Austin were to offer one. “Austin’s going nowhere,” one of the senior administration […]
Top Democrats have begun voicing concerns following reports that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was hospitalized for several days before informing the White House. Republicans, meanwhile, are stepping up calls for the Pentagon chief to resign or be fired. Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, has joined the panel’s […]
Fallout continues after the news that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was quietly hospitalized. Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks didn’t know about Austin’s condition when she took over. It was also several days before the White House was informed, according to reports. The backlash over the hushed hospitalization of US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. […]
Washington — The deputy secretary of defense was not told that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had been hospitalized when she assumed some of his duties on Tuesday, two defense officials confirmed to CBS News. Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks was informed of Austin’s hospitalization on Thursday, the officials said. Hicks was in Puerto Rico […]
An argument turned deadly early Sunday when two men were shot and killed outside a North Austin game room, according to police. The two men, who officials did not identify, were found with gunshot wounds outside Cowboys, a game room at the intersection of W. Rundberg Lane and Parkfield Drive, at approximately 4:50 a.m. Despite […]
The message came through loud and clear: “Don’t Austin my San Antonio!” The first wave of responses to my Sept. 12 column on the emerging Austin-San Antonio mega-metro — alternately dubbed San Antonio-Austin — rejected the alliance emphatically. The cities are so different, the idea of pairing them seemed an insult to the older, larger […]