One witness the Senate ought to call when it sits to decide whether to confirm General Lloyd Austin as secretary of defense is General James Mattis. He’s the only living four-star general to have been ...

WASHINGTON/WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) -President-elect Joe Biden has chosen retired General Lloyd Austin, who oversaw U.S. forces in the Middle East under President Barack Obama, to be his defense ...

President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate Lloyd Austin, a retired U.S. Army general, to serve as secretary of the Department of Defense, Politico reported Monday. Austin would be the first African ...

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon Inspector General released a scathing report Wednesday about Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s failure to alert the White House and his senior staff about his hospitalization ...

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville is blocking the nomination of Lt. Gen. Ronald Clark that would promote him to four-star commander of the U.S. Army Pacific force, based on Tuberville’s concerns about the ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was given medication during his hospitalization last year that could affect cognitive functions before he transferred his authority to his deputy, according to a new ...