Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, facing reporter questions for the first time since his secret hospitalization, said his cancer diagnosis was a "gut punch" and that his first instinct was to keep it ...

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was released from the hospital Monday following a two-week stay for treatment of an infection after earlier prostate cancer surgery. The delay in informing officials ...

The Pentagon filed an emergency request with a federal appeals court Tuesday in an effort to halt three accused 9/11 ...

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin makes a joint statement with Israel Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant, after their meeting about Israel's military operation in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Dec. 18, ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was admitted to Walter Reed Medical Center on New Year's Day for complications from an elective medical procedure, the Pentagon said Friday. The short statement did not ...

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin gives opening remarks at a virtual meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at the Pentagon, May 23, 2022, in Washington. automation Defense Secretary Lloyd ...

Senior Biden administration leaders, top Pentagon officials and members of Congress were unaware for days that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had been hospitalized since Monday, U.S. officials said ...

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon released new details Sunday about Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's continued hospitalization, saying he had a medical procedure Dec. 22, went home a day later and was ...

President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesdayintroduced his nominee for defense secretary despite some lawmakers' concerns about naming a recently retired military officer to the key civilian Pentagon post.