The investigation details exasperation among key aides to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin as he refused to disclose the extent of his medical crisis last year.

The Pentagon’s internal watchdog found that both Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen ... on vacation in Puerto Rico. While the inspector general detailed Hicks ...

Kathleen Hicks is the Department of Defense’s deputy secretary. She was confirmed by the Senate in February 2021, making her the first woman to assume the second-highest ranking civilian job at ...

Austin III (Secretary Austin), to Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks (Deputy Secretary Hicks), during Secretary Austin’s hospitalizations in December 2023, January 2024, and February ...

maritime portfolio director of the US military’s Defence Innovation Unit (DIU), said the Replicator initiative would meet the goal set by former deputy defence secretary Kathleen Hicks.

had sought to keep his condition and the fact that he had been incapacitated while under general anesthesia secret from President Joe Biden and Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks. Robert ...

Kathleen Hicks. He “received several different medications during the morning of January 2 that had the potential to affect cognitive functions,” reads the report from the Defense Department ...

Mr Austin’s hospitalisation due to complications from prostate cancer surgery was kept secret for days, including from US President Joe Biden, and even Mr Austin’s deputy, Ms Kathleen Hicks.

Austin's hospitalization due to complications from prostate cancer surgery was kept secret for days, including from U.S. President Joe Biden and even Austin's deputy, Kathleen Hicks. His secrecy ...