Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is expected to face Congress publicly for the first time this week to explain his failure to quickly notify the president and other senior leaders about his hospitalization last month for complications from prostate cancer surgery
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is telling lawmakers that the Defense Department has made changes to improve the notification process if he must transfer decision-making authorities due to illness or lack of communications
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin faced pointed bipartisan criticism at a congressional hearing for his failure to promptly notify President Joe Biden and other U.S. leaders about his hospital stay last month