2024-01-15 20:19:28
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has been released from hospital. The Pentagon announced this on Monday. Austin is recovering well and will “perform his duties remotely for a period of time before returning to the Pentagon full-time,” the statement said.
According to the Department of Defense, Austin has “full access to the necessary secure communications channels.” Austin thanked doctors and nursing staffAustin thanked his doctors and nursing staff for their “professionalism and excellent support” in a statement. The 70-year-old made public his diagnosis of prostate cancer last week. Since the beginning of the year, he had been treated for complications as a result of an operation in a military hospital near Washington and had since been cared for in the intensive care unit. Criticism of secrecyAustin came under criticism for his cancer and his hospital stay initially kept secret. However, US President Joe Biden confirmed that he wanted to stick with his defense minister.
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