Lloyd Austin - report

28th United States Secretary of Defense (born 1953)

Lloyd James Austin III is a retired United States Army four-star general who has served as the 28th United States secretary of defense since January 22, 2021. He is the first African American to serve in this role.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd_Austin

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Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin overrode a plea agreement reached earlier this week for the accused mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks. Move comes two days after the military commission at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, announced it had reached plea deals.
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House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers offered scathing remarks to Sec. Austin. Austin, 70, was hospitalized unexpectedly on January 1 after undergoing surgery for prostate cancer a few weeks earlier. He did not tell President Biden and other U.S. leaders about his hospital stay until Jan. 4.
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Rep. Elise Stefanik, the No. 4 Republican in the House, on Monday called on Austin to resign. The Pentagon waited three days after Austin arrived at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to inform senior officials in the White House’s National Security Council. Austin issued a statement on Saturday admitting that he could have done a “better job ensuring the public was appropriately informed’
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Pentagon under fire for hiding length and severity of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin's hospitalization. Not even Austin's chief deputy knew details of his absence. One DOD office mused: "Someone's head has to roll" Pentagon Press Association accused the Pentagon of covering up the illness.
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Lloyd Austin was taken into hospital on Jan 1, for “complications following a recent elective medical procedure’ It's not clear when Austin will be released.