Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin Back in Hospital With Bladder Issue: Pentagon
The Pentagon announced that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, 70, was hospitalized Sunday afternoon for “symptoms suggesting an emergent bladder issue.” The statement said Austin was retaining his powers. Austin has been being treated for prostate cancer since December.
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Austin was roundly criticized for keeping for keeping his cancer diagnosis and subsequent hospitalization in late December for complications from prostate surgery a closely held secret from the public, much of his staff and even Joe Biden. Republican members of Congress called on Austin to resign but he refused.
Sunday’s prompt statement on Austin’s hospitalization is a big change for the notoriously private Austin.
The Pentagon statement was also posted to its social media accounts:
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