Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Monday night, the Pentagon announced Friday.
“On the evening of January 1st, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center due to complications following a recent elective medical procedure. He is recovering well. , is scheduled to resume full operations today. Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said the deputy secretary of defense was prepared to exercise that authority on his behalf if necessary. statement It has not been made clear what procedures the ministers went through.
The Pentagon Press Association called the withholding of information “outrageous.”
“The fact that he has been hospitalized for four days at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and that the Department of Defense is only issuing a warning to the public late Friday night is outrageous,” the PPA said. . letter Ryder and Secretary of Defense Public Affairs Assistant Chris Meagher read the following. “The public has a right to know when U.S. ministers are hospitalized, given anesthesia, or delegated duties as a result of medical procedures.”
Austin has previously promoted concerns about climate change. In his 2021 statement, he said: claimed“Climate change is an existential threat to our nation's security, and the Department of Defense must act quickly and boldly to meet this challenge and prepare for the inevitable damage.”
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