Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin testifies during a hearing before the House Armed Services Committee at the Rayburn House Office Building on Feb. 29, 2024, in Washington.

Gen. Lloyd Austin III, then head of the U.S. Central Command, testifies on Capitol Hill in 2015. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP) Former four stars who have served with retired Army Gen. Lloyd J ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin released from the hospital, has resumed his full duties. By Tara Copp, Associated Press. WATCH: Pentagon says Austin is expected to be released from the hospital on ...

US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley (L), with Commander of US Central Command, Marine Corps Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, Jr. (R), and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, testifies ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin testifies during the House Armed Services Committee hearing about his recent hospitalization and the communication issues with President Joe Biden, in Rayburn ...

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin testifies during a House Committee on Armed Services hearing to examine the circumstances in the failure to communicate his absence during his recent ...

In this Sept. 16, 2015, photo, U.S. Central Command Commander Gen. Lloyd Austin III, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin testifies before a House Armed Services Committee hearing about his failure to disclose his cancer diagnosis and subsequent hospitalizations on Capitol Hill in ...

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin testifies during a House Armed Services Committee hearing, at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, June 23, 2021.

WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 16: Gen. Lloyd Austin III, commander of U.S. Central Command, testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee about the ongoing U.S. military operations to ...

Newsweek reached out to the Hampton GOP and Dietrich for comment.. Austin, a retired four-star general, was first announced as President Joe Biden's pick to lead the Pentagon in December of 2020 ...

Retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin testifies at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee at the U.S. Capitol on January 19, 2021 in Washington, DC.