The White House has set new guidelines for cabinet notifications following Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin's secret hospitalisation was not disclosed for days to President Joe Biden and his top aides.

US sets new guidelines for Cabinet notifications following Pentagon chief's secret hospitalisation

The House Armed Services Committee has called on Defense Secy. Lloyd Austin to testify before Congress about his recent hospitalisation and failure to notify the White House. Austin was released from hospital Monday after being admitted January 1 with severe pain due to intestinal complications that followed a December 22 prostate cancer surgery.

US Defence Secy. Lloyd Austin called to testify about hospitalisation before Congress

US Representative Mike Rogers, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, has issued a formal request to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, urging him to testify before the committee concerning his failure to disclose his recent hospitalisation.

Lloyd Austin urged to testify by House armed services committee on hospitalisation secrecy

US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin went to great lengths to keep his hospitalisation a secret from the top brass in Washington, if a 911 call from his aide is any indication. The recording of the call obtained by The Daily Beast has revealed that an aide of Austin asked the medical operators to ensure that the ambulance being sent for him did not turn on its lights and sirens as they were trying to 'remain subtle'. The recording suggests that Austin and his team wanted to hide the medical emergency from the beginning. Watch to know more!

Lloyd Austin's secrecy triggers a political uproar in US

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was discharged from the hospital on Monday (Jan 15), after a two-week stay for undisclosed complications following secret prostate cancer surgery.

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin discharged after secret cancer surgery hospitalisation fiasco

The Pentagon's independent inspector general will investigate US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's recent medical treatment and failure to report his hospitalization to the rest of the government.

US: Pentagon to probe Defence Chief Lloyd Austin's hospitalisation

The Defense Department inspector general on Thursday (Jan 11) said that it will probe the mishandling of US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin’s secretive hospitalisation.

Pentagon to probe Lloyd Austin's secretive hospitalisation

Controversy over US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin's health continues and it's not going away. It has put the White House also in a very tight spot after days of uproar among lawmakers. On Tuesday US officials disclosed that Austin was getting treated for prostate cancer and is recovering well.

US: Republican's call for Llyod Austin's resignation, White House to probe his hospitalisation

US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin has courted controversy for hiding his medical condition from the White House amid the delicate geopolitical landscape involving the Russia-Ukraine war and Israel-Hamas war.

Explained | The secret hospitalisation of US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin

Secrecy over Austin's illness land White House in trouble

US President Joe Biden was kept in the dark over his Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's cancer diagnosis and subsequent hospitalizations for about a month, the White House admitted Tuesday.

Why was US President Biden kept in dark over Pentagon Chief Austin's cancer for month?

US: President Joe Biden kept in dark over Defence Chief Austin's cancer for month

The Republicans have been asking United States President Joe Biden to sack Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin after he took several days to disclose a hospitalisation, but the White House on Monday (Jan 8) rejected all such calls.

White House rejects Republican calls for Biden to sack US Defence Secretary Austin

According to two defence officials, the deputy secretary of defence did not even realize that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin had been hospitalized when she started taking on some of his duties on January 2. Until Thursday, three days after the secretary checked into Walter Reed National Military Medical Center due to complications from an elective surgery, senior leaders, including Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks, the Pentagon's second-in-command, were kept in the dark about Austin's actual location. As previously reported in news, Austin was hospitalized for three days before even the president learned of it.

Donald Trump calls for Lloyd Austin's removal

US' Lloyd Austin in hospital: Biden backs US Defence Secretary after secretive hospital stay

The White House said on Monday (Jan 8) that US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin would stay in his job, adding there is no plan for anything else. Addressing a press conference on Air Force One, National Security Council (NSC) spokesperson John Kirby said, "There is no plan for anything other than for Secretary Austin to stay in the job.

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will stay in job, says White House

US's Lloyd Austin in hospital: Pentagon delays key communication to White House by 3 days

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has been hospitalized since Monday for an unspecified medical matter, the Pentagon said late on Friday, without detailing why he was being treated or why it kept his hospital stay secret all week. Austin, who is 70, sits just below President Joe Biden at the top of the chain of command of the U.S. military and his duties require him being available at a moment's notice to respond to any manner of national security crisis.

US: Pentagon did not inform President Biden of Defence Secretary's hospitalisation

United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, on Saturday (Jan 7) released a statement taking “full responsibility” for failing to disclose a recent and ongoing week-long hospitalisation following reports that the White House was not informed about it until at least Thursday morning.

Prez Biden kept in dark about Austin’s hospitalisation, US defence secretary pledges transparency

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has assured Israel of complete support and added that no country should tolerate such danger. US fully supports Israel in its war against Hamas.

Unwavering US support to Israel continues: Lloyd Austin

The US and its allies have announced a 10 nation patrol force to counter attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels in the Red Sea. After several commercial vessels were attacked.

US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin announces naval operation over Red Sea | World News | WION

US' Lloyd Austin meets Zelensky in Ukraine to reaffirm support amid Israel crisis.

Russia-Ukraine war: Llyod Austin makes surprise visit to Kyiv | World News | WION

US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday (Nov 20) that Washington's support for Kyiv was for the long haul. "The message that I bring you today, Mr President, is that the United States of America is with you, we will remain with you for the long haul," Austin told Zelensky as he paid a visit to Kyiv to reassure Ukraine on US support in its fight against Russia.

US will remain with war-torn Ukraine for 'long haul': Pentagon chief

U.S. Secretary of Defence Lloyd J. Austin arrived in India on Thursday for the 2+2 Ministerial dialogue scheduled to be held on Friday.

US defense secretary begins 2 day visit to India

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