Andrew Harnik / Getty ImagesPremium Hegseth Hits Back: Sec Def Nominee's Top 5 Comebacks During Tuesday's Confirmation Hearing The left touted the hearing as the biggest opportunity to draw blood against Trump's administration. They were very disappointed, indeed. By C. Douglas Golden January 15, 2025
Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images Court Rules Biden Administration Cannot Take Back the Gift It Handed to Three 9/11 Architects Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin cannot interfere with the plea deals previously struck with the alleged architects of 9/11. By Ben Zeisloft January 1, 2025
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Judge Pumps the Brakes on Def. Sec. Austin's Attempt to Interfere with Alleged 9/11 Mastermind's Plea Deal A judge has pumped the brakes on an attempt by United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to interfere with a plea deal related to 9/11. By Katelynn Richardson September 21, 2024
Alex Brandon / AP Pentagon to Review 20 Dead Medal of Honor Recipients, Potentially Revoke Awards if 'Conduct' Does Not Meet Standard Congress recommended the review, reflecting a push to rescind awards for those who participated in the massacre near Wounded Knee Creek. By The Associated Press July 24, 2024
@RNCResearch / X screen shotCommentary Watch: Biden Forgets Name of His Own Official, Somehow Gets Worse When He Calls Him 'the Black Man' "It's all about treating people with dignity," the president said, before subjecting his secretary of defense to the ultimate indignity. By C. Douglas Golden July 18, 2024
Karl B DeBlaker / AP US Army Training Course Teaches Pro-Life Organizations Are 'Terror Groups' The class included a slide listing the pro-life groups National Right to Life and Operation Rescue as terrorist organizations. By Jake Smith July 11, 2024
@cspan / X screen shots Watch: Senator Forces Biden Defense Sec. Lloyd Austin to Admit the Truth About What's Happening in Gaza During testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Austin was pressed by Cotton about accusations of "genocide" in Gaza. By Johnathan Jones April 9, 2024
Jacquelyn Martin / AP; Danny Johnston - File / APCommentary Sen. Tom Cotton Asks Defense Secretary the Question Everyone Wants to Know About Airman Who Self-Immolated We need a fighting force that is 100 percent competent, both mentally and physically, and this disturbed soldier clearly was not. By Allison Anton March 1, 2024
Andrew Caballero-Reynolds - AFP / Getty Images Biden Defense Secretary Hospitalized, Placed in Critical Care The Pentagon said Lloyd Austin’s superiors in the White House were told of his hospitalization, as were those under his direct command. By Johnathan Jones February 12, 2024
Drew Angerer / Getty ImagesCommentary House Committee Demands Answers from Lloyd Austin, Summons Secretary of Defense to Capitol Hill "This is a time of immense global instability. Our country deserves reliable leadership at the Department." By C. Douglas Golden January 19, 2024