Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is bidding farewell to the forces and personnel he's led through a tumultuous term.

A watchdog investigation into outgoing Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization in 2024 found that his secretive hospital stay resulted in heightened national security risk, in part because Austin took medication with the potential to impair cognitive function while still in sole command of the Pentagon.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will bid farewell in a speech Friday morning, just days before President-elect Trump is set to return to the White House. During his four years helming the Pentagon,

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin bid farewell Friday to the forces and personnel he has led through a tumultuous term that had three major military crises, a global pandemic and a personal brush with cancer that became a flashpoint for the way it was mishandled.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was hospitalized in 2024 and given medication that could affect his cognitive functions before he transferred his authority.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s failure to inform Congress or the White House as required when he was incapacitated due to treatment for prostate cancer and later complications potentially raised “un

Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin concludes a tumultuous tenure marked by military crises, a global pandemic, and a personal health battle. His leadership faced the controversial Afghanistan withdrawal,

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's failure to inform Congress or the White House as required when he was incapacitated due to treatment for prostate cancer and later complications potentially raised "unnecessary" security risks,

Lloyd Austin's plan includes spending as much as $1 trillion on defense as soon as 2028. Meanwhile, Biden increased the 2025 budget by just 1%.

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Defense Secretary Austin will bid farewell Friday following a term that included three major military crises, a global pandemic and a brush with cancer.