Pentagon Reveals Hospitalization Of Defense Secretary

The Washington Post reports:

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was hospitalized earlier this week for unspecified reasons but is recuperating, the Pentagon said late Friday, after withholding the information for days.

Maj. Gen. Patrick Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, said that Austin, who is 70, was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center outside Washington on Monday “for complications following a recent elective medical procedure.”

Ryder, in a statement, said that Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks had been prepared to exercise the powers of defense secretary if required because of Austin’s medical treatment. In a later email, Ryder said that Austin remained in the hospital and had fully resumed his job responsibilities on Friday evening.

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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was hospitalized earlier this week for unspecified reasons but is recuperating, the Pentagon said late Friday, after withholding the information for days. https://t.co/KkVxpFS2vg

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