WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin 's failure to ... White House and infuriated members of Congress, who called him to Capitol Hill for a hearing, where he faced bipartisan ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Five former secretaries of defense are calling on Congress to hold immediate hearings on President ... including two — Mattis and Austin — who were four-star generals.

Most of the headlines that Defense Secretary Lloyd ... as Austin’s vanishing act was, his conduct upon his return to duty has been even more unsettling. During testimony before a congressional ...

US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin has acknowledged there was "a breakdown in notifications" about his January hospital stay during a contentious Thursday hearing. The Pentagon chief has been ...