WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (Reuters) - An investigation released on Wednesday into U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's secret 2024 hospitalization ... functions," the Pentagon's independent Inspector ...

The Inspector General’s office notified Austin, his deputy Kathleen Hicks, and the Pentagon’s ... of Defense’s hospitalization in December 2023 – January 2024, and assess whether the ...

Gen. Pat Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, said in a statement. Austin's immediate medical needs required a stay in the ICU, where he remained for four days “due to hospital space ...

The Pentagon still hasn't confirmed whether Austin ever lost consciousness. If he had, perhaps because he was under anesthesia, between the time he arrived at the hospital on Jan. 1 and when he ...

The Pentagon inspector general found in its review of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin's hospitalization ... of Defense's hospitalization in December 2023 – January 2024, and assess whether ...

A Pentagon watchdog found that ... inspector general in a new report. Austin was admitted to the hospital multiple times in late 2023 and early 2024 while undergoing treatment for prostate cancer.

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is responsible for the Pentagon neglecting ... general’s investigation into Austin’s handling of his illness and hospitalization took a year ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was ... full-time to the Pentagon," the statement said. "He has full access to required secure communications capabilities." Austin's hospitalization on New Year's ...

The revelation came days after the Pentagon ... from January 1, 2024 – not the earlier medical procedure that precipitated Austin’s subsequent admission to the hospital. While the review ...

The Pentagon ... information. Austin's chief of staff, Kelly Magsamen, "was unable" to inform the White House or Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks about Austin's illness or hospitalization ...