Results for: lloyd austin

Pete Hegseth Halting the Suspension of 8 Apache Pilots Set the Right Tone for an Effective Military
https://redstate.com/streiff/2026/07/11/pete-hegseths-haltin…pilots-set-the-right-tone-for-an-effective-military-n2204222
– Just as he was criticized for pulling proponents of the Lloyd Austin military off promotion lists, he would've been damned as a hypocrite…
The Distasteful and Unseemly Calls and Jokes for 'Proof of Life' on Mitch McConnell Should Stop
https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/07/09/calls-and-jokes-for-proof-of-life-on-mitch-mcconnell-are-distasteful-n2204155
– This is why the 2024 disappearance of President Joe Biden's Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was dangerous and especially egregious … Austin was hospitalized for five days for treatment of prostate cancer, but didn't bother to inform the White House that this was happening … What made it even worse is that Kathleen Hicks, the Deputy Secretary of Defense who should have taken up the reins while Austin was…
The Reaction to GEN Donahue's Firing Indicates Hegseth's Action Was Correct and Timely
https://redstate.com/streiff/2026/06/26/hegseth-fired-donahue-n2203762
– Generals and admirals associated with the corrupt policies of the Lloyd Austin era have been removed.…
Morning Minute: Defense or War...I'll Take the Sec Who Looks Ready to Roll
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/04/27/morning-minute-n2201728
–  And then I was reminded of one of the iconic images of his predecessor, Lloyd Austin.…
Biden's Botched Afghanistan Withdrawal Is About to Get a Full Reckoning, Sean Parnell Reveals
https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2026/04/17/parnell-statement-on-afghan-withdrawal-review-panel-n2201387
– Austin was far too "narrow in scope." … Central Command;▪General Austin S. Miller, USA (Ret.), former Commander, U.S. … By contrast, the previous Department-wide review commissioned under former Secretary Lloyd Austin examined around 3,000 documents and…
Pete Hegseth Gives the Army Chief of Staff His Walking Papers
https://redstate.com/streiff/2026/04/02/pete-hegseth-gives-the-army-chief-of-staff-his-walking-papers-n2200915
– He had previously served as the military assistant to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin from 2021 to 2022.…
If You're Only Watching the Iran War, You're Missing Trump's Larger Strategy
https://redstate.com/andrewmalcolm/2026/03/08/trump-has-more-going-on-in-iran-than-meets-the-eye-n2199973
– expected it to take only weeks.In another little-noticed connection, early in the Ukraine invasion’s first year, Defense Secretary Lloyd … Austin said publicly that a major reason for U.S. support of Ukraine’s defense efforts was to see Russia "weakened to the degree that…
RedState Weekly Briefing: Snubs at the White House, Strikes in Iran, Justice in Phoenix
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2026/03/01/redstate-weekly-briefing-n2199712
– The services are recovering the professionalism destroyed by Lloyd Austin, and the cultural rot is being excised.…
Pete Hegseth Comes Under Fire for Meeting the Standards He Demands of Others. Yes, You Read That Right
https://redstate.com/streiff/2026/02/22/pete-hegseth-comes-u…ndards-he-demands-of-others-yes-you-read-that-right-n2199449
– The services are recovering the professionalism destroyed by Lloyd Austin, and the cultural rot is being excised.…
Lloyd Austin’s COVID Tyranny Continues As Shadow Policy at the Department of War
https://redstate.com/chase-spears/2026/01/30/lloyd-austins-c…id-tyranny-continues-as-pete-hegseths-shadow-policy-n2198517
– those charged to enforce the law sometimes make themselves the law, to no consequence.During his tenure as Secretary of Defense, Lloyd … Austin abandoned his oath of office as a retired military officer and embarked on a mission to radicalize America’s military. … Secretary Austin aimed to purge people who love America and its founding ideals from the ranks.…
Dec. 31 Deadline Looms for Brig. Gen. Christopher Sage As Dept. of War COVID-Era Retaliation Persists
https://redstate.com/chase-spears/2025/12/30/the-department…covid-persecution-movement-remains-full-steam-ahead-n2197592
– Both publicly expressed concern over how COVID policy was weaponized by former Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to force over 8,000…
WaPo’s Botched Hegseth Hit Job Proves the Pentagon Desperately Needs New Media
https://redstate.com/rc-maxwell/2025/12/02/wapos-botched-heg…job-proves-the-pentagon-desperately-needs-new-media-n2196731
– In late 2023, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin underwent secret prostate cancer surgery, failed to notify President Biden or the chain … President Biden declared “complete confidence” in Austin, and that was the end.…
Hegseth Replaces Two More Senior Pentagon Generals As He Continues to Reshape the Military Hierarchy
https://redstate.com/streiff/2025/11/02/hegseth-replaces-two…s-as-he-continues-to-reshape-the-military-hierarchy-n2195775
– with the disgraced former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley, and Secretary of Defense and Unauthorized Absences Lloyd … Austin, more likely than not, had a lot to do with the decision to forego his renomination.…
Pete Hegseth Sets Aside Another Attempted Injustice by Joe Biden and His Cronies
https://redstate.com/streiff/2025/09/26/pete-hegseth-sets-as…er-attempted-injustice-by-joe-biden-and-his-cronies-n2194418
– Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced Thursday that he was closing the file on the attempt by Lloyd Austin and the DEI gangsters … Even though the bill did not pass Congress, that didn't stop Lloyd Austin, who never saw a race he couldn't bait, from plowing ahead … The report was concluded in October of 2024.Yet, despite this clear recommendation, former Secretary Lloyd Austin, for whatever reason…
I Was Wrong, There IS an Extremism Epidemic in the U.S. Military
https://redstate.com/chase-spears/2025/09/23/i-was-wrong-there-is-an-extremism-epidemic-in-the-us-military-n2194241
– Army for 20 years, I found former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s partisan assertion that there was an infestation of extremism loose … He found a willing accomplice in that endeavor with Lloyd Austin, a man of generally low reputation during his career as a military …  Former Secretary of Defense under the Biden Administration Lloyd Austin went on a 60-day hunt for alleged ‘rightwing extremists…
Congressman Defends Cheering on Terrorism in Ranks Showing Military Extremism Has Support in High Places
https://redstate.com/streiff/2025/09/15/congressman-defends…shows-military-extremism-has-support-in-high-places-n2193966
– In it I noted that where Lloyd Austin's 2021 campaign targeting straight white guys as "extremists" basically found nothing, the 12 … anti-Americanism within the Armed Forces that was made startlingly apparent on September 10 and the days following.In the case of the Austin … pic.twitter.com/2t8TaZzgbl— Amy Curtis (@RantyAmyCurtis) September 15, 2025In fact, what Hegseth is doing seems precisely like what Austin…
The US Military Has an Extremism Problem and Charlie Kirk's Murder Put It Under the Spotlight
https://redstate.com/streiff/2025/09/13/the-us-military-has…and-charlie-kirks-murder-put-it-under-the-spotlight-n2193921
– When former Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin galumphed into office in 2021, one of his first priorities was rooting out extremism …  In an April 9, 2021, memo, Austin inaugurated his "Immediate Actions to Counter Extremism in the Department and the Establishment…
Woke Military Takes Confidence of Americans to 20-Year Low
https://redstate.com/beckynoble/2023/08/02/woke-military-takes-confidence-of-americans-to-20-year-low-n786356
– the military into a woke social experiment may have a lot to do with Americans’ lack of confidence in it, and Secretary of Defense Lloyd … Austin has been on board the woke train since day one.…
Two Years Later, Presidential Unit Citations Handed Out to Units Involved in the Afghan Pullout
https://redstate.com/mdempsey/2023/09/04/two-years-later-pre…handed-out-to-units-involved-in-the-afghan-pullout-n2163422
– 82nd Airborne Division will be recognized with the citation for their efforts during Operation Allies Refuge, Defense Secretary Lloyd … Austin said Thursday. …
Lloyd Austin Travels to Africa to Praise 'Security' as Biden Border Crisis Grows Worse by the Day
https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2023/09/23/lloyd-austin-tra…ty-while-biden-border-crisis-grows-worse-by-the-day-n2164206
– If Lloyd Austin isn't the worst defense secretary in the history of defense secretaries, I don't know who takes the title. … Austin was scheduled to embark on a trip to Africa on Saturday, where he plans to visit various U.S. allies in the region. … Let's see... so we hit Austin, Biden, Mayorkas, and Blinken.…
House Speaker McCarthy Denies Ukraine President Zelensky’s Request to Address Congress
https://redstate.com/mdempsey/2023/09/21/house-speaker-mccar…ne-president-zelenskyys-request-to-address-congress-n2164140
– spokesperson Chris Sherwood told POLITICO Thursday — just hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Defense Secretary Lloyd … Austin, Joint Chiefs Chair Gen.…
Gen. Milley Confirms That US Will Send Aid to Ukraine ‘for as Long as it Takes’
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/09/21/gen-milley-confirms-th…us-will-send-aid-to-ukraine-for-as-long-as-it-takes-n2164089
– Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addressed reporters with Defense Secretary Austin Lloyd about the United States … Mark Milley on sending aid to Ukraine:"As President Biden and Secretary Austin have said many, many times over, we, the United States…
Chuck Schumer Folds Like a Cheap Suit and Schedules Vote on USMC Commandant and Other Senior Officers
https://redstate.com/streiff/2023/09/20/chuck-schumer-folds…a-cheap-suit-and-schedules-vote-on-usmc-commandant-n2164076
– This signals a surrender by Schumer in his attempt to crush Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville's opposition to Secretary of Defense Lloyd … Austin declared that the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs vs. … To do this, Austin created a program that allowed military women seeking abortion to be reimbursed for travel expenses and take up…
Pentagon Says U.S. Troops Won't Get Paid During Potential Government Shutdown—but Ukraine Will
https://redstate.com/mdempsey/2023/09/28/pentagon-says-us-tr…ring-potential-government-shutdown-but-ukraine-will-n2164442
– spokesperson Chris Sherwood told POLITICO Thursday — just hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Defense Secretary Lloyd … Austin, Joint Chiefs Chair Gen.…
'Lucky 6' Lands in Israel for Battlefield Circulation, Meeting IDF Leaders
https://redstate.com/mccabe/2023/10/17/lucky-6-lands-in-israel-for-battlefield-circulation-meeting-idf-leaders-n2165158
– Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced that same day he was sending Ike to Israeli battlespace: I have directed the USS Dwight D…
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