US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin has been hospitalised at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center yet again due to an “emergent bladder issue”, the Pentagon said in a statement on Sunday (Feb 11).

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin hospitalised again, hands over charge to deputy

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.

Llyod Austin's aide wanted no ambulance sirens, lights during medical emergency, 911 call reveals

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

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 Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday (Oct 13) said that the Pentagon was ready to deploy more military aid to Israel and called the United States’ support for Israel “iron clad.

Israel-Hamas war: US Defense Secretary Austin reiterates Washington’s support, calls Hamas 'worse than' ISIS

Amid heightened tensions between the US and China over Taiwan issue, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Saturday said that the actions of Chinese military, such as flights near Taiwan, look like "rehearsals".

Taiwan airspace incursions by Chinese military look like 'rehearsals', says US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin

US defense secretary Mark Esper said today that the "relationship with India is "one of the all-important defense relationships of the 21st century.

Relationship with India important, monitoring LAC very closely: US Defense Secretary

Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang said on Thursday that Beijing values the current relations between the American and Chinese militaries, after acting US secretary of defence Patrick Shanahan reportedly told civilian leaders of the US military to focus on "China, China, China".

Watch: After Shanahan's dig, China says pursuing policy based on defence

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Marine General Joseph Dunford said three main chemical weapons facilities were targeted by both missiles from the sea and fired from aircraft, which triggered Syrian air defenses.

Air strikes against Syria 'one time shot': James Mattis

US defense secretary said the move will help Jordanian security and further split IS theatres of operation in Syria and Iraq

US-led coalition aims to open new anti-IS front in Syria

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