Defense Secretary Hid Hospitalization While on Medication That Can Affect Brain Function, Pentagon Watchdog Says
Lloyd Austin’s move posed ‘unnecessary’ national security risks, report finds (Win McNamee/Getty Images) Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s decision last year to keep his hospitalization secret and remain in command while on medication that could affect brain function “unnecessarily” increased national security risks, according to a Pentagon watchdog report. “The risks to our national defense,