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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 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 ...

Neither Austin’s chief of staff nor Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks knew of his cancer diagnosis or the procedure he underwent in December 2023. In fact, OIG notes that "nearly all of ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization scandal last year increased national security risks and should have been handled better, according to a new report from the Pentagon’s watchdog.

But Austin “did not transfer his authorities” during that period, the review found, nor did he inform Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks or his chief of staff of the procedures.

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.

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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 ...

Although he transferred decision-making authorities to Deputy Secretary Kathleen Hicks during his initial surgery and then again when he was in intensive care, he did not tell her why and he did ...