Austin, the first Black defense secretary, ends his term marred by ...
5 days ago · Austin retired from the Army in 2016 only to be asked to return to the Pentagon by President Joe Biden in 2021, making history as the nation’s first Black defense secretary.. He took the helm of the Pentagon at the height of COVID-19 and just weeks after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol by a mob of Trump’s supporters.His early months saw the department working through a divisive ...
Remarks by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III at the Armed …
6 days ago · For more than five decades, President Joe Biden has thrown himself into public service. And over the past four years, he's secured his place in history as one of our great foreign-policy ...
Opinion: The Lloyd Austin incident sheds harsh light on Biden’s …
Jan 8, 2024 · The absence of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is a surprising development that puts a harsh light on President Joe Biden’s national security team.
Statement by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III on President Joe …
Jul 21, 2024 · President Biden renewed, deepened, and broadened the unmatched global network of alliances and partnerships that makes America more secure; he rallied the world to …
Lloyd Austin: Biden backs Defence Secretary despite lapse in
Jan 12, 2024 · Joe Biden expressed support for Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin, after the top cabinet member did not disclose a hospital visit and cancer diagnosis.
Austin, the first Black defense secretary, ends his term marred by ...
5 days ago · Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin listens as President Joe Biden speaks about foreign policy during a speech at the State Department in Washington, Monday, Jan. 13, 2025.
Biden says Austin had judgment lapse by not telling him of ...
Jan 12, 2024 · President Joe Biden on Friday said Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had a lapse in judgement by not notifying him of his hospitalization, but White House officials made a point in emphasizing...
Biden says he has confidence in Austin amid scrutiny over …
Jan 12, 2024 · President Joe Biden said Friday that he has confidence in Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin after the Pentagon waited three days to tell the White House that the top defense official was in...
Austin, the first Black defense secretary, ends his term ... - News4JAX
5 days ago · Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin listens as President Joe Biden speaks about foreign policy during a speech at the State Department in Washington, Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Joe Biden’s disappearing defence secretary - The Economist
Jan 8, 2024 · Mr Austin, a burly and taciturn retired general who has been Mr Biden’s defence secretary for three years, was admitted to hospital on December 22nd for an elective procedure to treat prostate...