The Post also wrote that "[p]erhaps the most incomprehensible fact" of Austin's secret hospital stay was that his own Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks did not learn of the hospitalization ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is back in the hospital at Walter Reed for an "emergent bladder issue," and has transferred his powers to the deputy defense secretary, according to Pentagon officials.

While Austin initially intended to retain the “functions and duties of his office,” at about 5 p.m. Sunday he transferred those authorities to Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks. As of ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has no plans to resign. White House and Pentagon officials did not know for days that he had been hospitalized.

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - NOVEMBER 22: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during a virtual Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) meeting at the Pentagon on November 22, 2023 in Arlington ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, under fire from Capitol Hill for not disclosing to the White House his hospital stay for prostate cancer, told reporters Thursday, "We did not handle this right and ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was released from the hospital Tuesday afternoon after being treated for a bladder issue and is expected to return to the Pentagon “later this week,” the Defense ...

A House committee asked Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Thursday to testify publicly next month for his failure to disclose he was hospitalized after having complications from prostate cancer ...

We finally know why U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has been in the hospital for the past week. He was suffering from complications following surgery for prostate cancer back on December 22 ...

Defense Secretary Austin back to work after cancer procedure, meets with NATO leader by: Justin Kounelias. Posted: Jan 29, 2024 / 12:10 PM EST. Updated: Jan 29, 2024 / 12:10 PM EST.

Even Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks, who took over some of Austin's responsibilities on Jan. 2, did not know until Jan. 4 that Austin was in the hospital.