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January 8, 2024

Questions Swirl over Why Lloyd Austin Kept Biden in Dark About Hospitalization
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U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is facing growing questions about
why he did not inform President Biden or top Pentagon officials after he
was admitted into the intensive care unit of Walter Reed National
Military Medical Center. Austin was hospitalized last Monday, but Biden
didn't find out until Thursday. Austin's top deputy also did not know,
even though she had assumed some of his duties. The Pentagon said Austin
was first hospitalized on December 22 for an elective surgery. After
being discharged a day later, he was admitted again on New Year's Day
after experiencing "severe pain." He remains hospitalized.


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