Pentagon Clears Lloyd Austin of Wrongdoing After Secret Hospital Stay

Published on February 26, 2024

A U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) review released Monday found that Secretary Lloyd Austin had no “ill intent” when staff kept his hospitalization several weeks ago a secret. After he was hospitalized, questions emerged in Congress about why they were not immediately notified of the defense secretary’s condition. Mr. Austin is now scheduled to testify in the House this week. The Pentagon report said that the decision-making process to transfer the defense secretary’s authority to his deputy should be improved in the future. However, it stated that “nothing examined during this review demonstrated any indication of ill intent or an attempt to obfuscate.”...

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