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Pentagon, Lloyd Austin

CBS News on MSN · 1d

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.

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 desire for privacy drove notification failures inside the government, and that he took medication that could have affected his cognitive functions while still in sole command.

National Review on MSN · 18h

Sec Def Austin Took Meds That Could Impair Cognitive Function While in Sole Command of Pentagon, Watchdog Finds

A watchdog investigation into outgoing Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization in 2024 found that his secretive hospital stay resulted in heightened national security risk, in part because Austin took medication with the potential to impair cognitive function while still in sole command of the Pentagon.

Pentagon, Pete Hegseth and Trump

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.

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.

The Associated Press on MSN · 2d

Hegseth confronts allegations of misconduct as senators grill Trump’s choice for Pentagon chief

It’s time to give someone with dust on his boots the helm. A change agent,” Hegseth said in his opening remarks.

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K2 Space names former Pentagon official head of space policy

California-based aerospace startup K2 Space has named John Plumb, former assistant secretary of defense for space policy, as ...

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US Defense Contractor Tells Musk Panel That Pentagon Bureaucracy Is the Problem

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The CEO of one of the world's biggest defense contractors, L3Harris Technologies, told President-elect ...

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

Democrats repeatedly called Pete Hegseth unfit to be secretary of defense, but Republicans on the Senate Armed Services ...

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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 ...

Defense News on MSN18h

Trump's Pentagon should expand innovation hub, tech panel says

The Defense Innovation Board says DIU needs a bigger budget and more infrastructure to help guide nontraditional firms to ...

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Republicans Embrace Hegseth as Democrats Question His Fitness to Lead Pentagon

Pete Hegseth emerged from a Senate committee hearing with the support of the Republican Party intact following weeks of ...

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Trump's Pentagon pick walked back his outspoken opposition to women in combat

Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth signaled he wouldn't ban women from combat roles, a backtrack that may have been ...

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