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CBS News on MSN · 1h

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.

CNN on MSN · 2h

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 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

KCCI Des Moines · 2h

Secrecy around Lloyd Austin's hospitalizations raises national security concerns

The Pentagon's inspector general concluded that the secrecy surrounding Lloyd Austin's hospitalizations increased national security risks

Trump Pentagon pick Pete Hegseth pitches himself

NBC News · 17h

Republican senator previously seen as a roadblock to Pete Hegseth's nomination says she'll back him to lead the Pentagon

Sen. Joni Ernst’s support is a huge boost to Hegseth’s prospects, all but assuring his confirmation as defense secretary barring twists in the GOP-led Senate.

Why Pete Hegseth is a perfect fit to be Trump’s Pentagon chief

Pete Hegseth could hardly be more suited to be Donald Trump’s secretary of Defense — even though he’d surely be deemed unqualified by any conventional president.

Reuters on MSN · 1d

Pete Hegseth, Trump's Pentagon nominee, comes under fire at Senate hearing

By Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, came under fire during his confirmation hearing on Tuesday as the top Democrat on the Senate committee accused him of lacking the "character and composure" to lead the U.

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Trump's pick for Pentagon chief says troops forced out of the military over the COVID vaccine could be 're-recruited' with back pay and an apology

Pete Hegseth, Trump's pick to lead DoD, said troops will get back what "they lost because they were forced out due to an ...

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Pentagon inspector general faults Austin for hospitalization secrecy

The investigation details exasperation among key aides to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin as he refused to disclose the extent ...

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Austin failed to tell Congress or the White House about his health problems as required, report says

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s failure to inform Congress or the White House as required when he was incapacitated due to ...

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Pentagon investigation raises new concerns about Austin's 2024 hospitalization

An investigation released on Wednesday into U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's secret 2024 hospitalization found his ...

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The Pentagon needs a new kind of leader

After years of failure, Pete Hegseth is the new secretary of defense that the Pentagon needs to clean up its act and ensure ...

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Highlights From the Hearing Where Republicans Embraced Hegseth’s Bid to Lead the Pentagon

Trump’s pick for defense secretary, emerged from a tense confirmation hearing on Tuesday with the support of the Republican ...

The Economist3d

How hard is it to run the Pentagon?

It would be very hard for a president to override the advice he was getting from the secretary and the chairman [of the joint ...

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China's military corruption purges are 'just the tip of the iceberg,' the Pentagon says, and could put Beijing's ambitions in danger

US officials believe corruption issues could throw China off track of its modernization goals and plans for Taiwan in the ...

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