Retired General Lloyd Austin, Joe Biden’s nominee for secretary of defense, was legally barred from serving in the job without Congress granting him a special waiver under the National Security ...

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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday withdrew ... to comment beyond the press release. Congressional Republicans celebrated Austin’s decision to revoke the deal.

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 ...

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.