Last month, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had a prostatectomy to treat prostate cancer (“Pentagon totally off guard on MIA chief,” Jan. 10). After the surgery, he came down with an infection.

As Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III retired from the Army four years ago, he reflected on a career that included years in Iraq. The toughest days, he said, came when troops whom he oversaw were killed in ...

Trump revoked rule that closed the revolving door loophole and who's benefitting? Lloyd Austin, Brett McGurk join army of ...

President-elect Joe Biden sought to sell his choice for defense secretary, retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin, to congressional Democrats who are balking at the prospect of waiving the requirement ...

Vice President Joe Biden talks with United States Forces Iraq commander, Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, and Command Sgt. Maj. Earl Rice of the 18th Airborne Corps, after unveiling the Medal of Commitment.

Gen. Lloyd Austin, then-commanding general for United States Forces-Iraq, speaks to soldiers of the 4th Sustainment Brigade, 310th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, on Nov. 24, 2011, at ...

President-elect Joe Biden will nominate retired four-star Army general Lloyd J. Austin to be secretary of defense, according to four people familiar with the decision. If confirmed by the Senate ...

WILMINGTON, Del. - President-elect Joe Biden plans to choose retired Gen. Lloyd Austin to be secretary of defense, according to three officials familiar with the decision. If confirmed, Austin ...

As President-elect Gen. Lloyd Austin faces a challenge to be confirmed, the NAACP and other Black organizations are throwing their support.

Lloyd J. Austin, a West Point graduate who rose to the Army’s elite ranks and marched through racial barriers in a 41-year career, won Senate confirmation Friday to become the nation’s first ...

Austin, 67, rose to become a four-star general in the Army and retired in 2016 as the chief of U.S. Central Command, a role from which he oversaw U.S. military operations across the Middle East ...