Retired General Lloyd Austin, Joe Biden’s nominee for secretary of defense, was legally barred from serving in the job without Congress granting him a special waiver under the National Security ...

Buria started the year as the secretary’s junior military assistant, a post he took on last April for Hegseth’s predecessor, Lloyd Austin. The role — abbreviated as “JMA” — is a ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has returned home following his "non-surgical medical procedure" on Friday, and his since ...

US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin has acknowledged there was "a breakdown in notifications" about his January hospital stay during a contentious Thursday hearing. The Pentagon chief has been ...

Most of the headlines that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has generated over the last several weeks have had more to do with his abdication of his responsibilities than his handling of them.