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/ A White House official said on Monday that US President Joe Biden is not considering dismissing Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
The official added in statements to Reuters that he “was not aware whether Austin had been unconscious during the past few days.”
A CNN report stated that the US Deputy Secretary of Defense did not know that Secretary Lloyd Austin had been hospitalized when she assumed some of his duties on January 2.
The report on Sunday, citing two unidentified defense officials, added that Kathleen Hicks, the deputy secretary, was not notified until two days later that Austin was admitted to Walter Reed Army Medical Center on New Year’s Day.
Reuters reported on Saturday that President Joe Biden only learned of the minister’s hospitalization on Thursday evening, according to a US official who requested anonymity.
“Austin spoke to Biden on Saturday,” the Defense Department said in a statement on Sunday.
Austin, 70, was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center due to complications after a recent elective medical procedure, which the ministry kept secret for five days.
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