U.S. Defense Secretary Austin has prostate cancer, hospital says
Lloyd Austin, US Secretary of Defence, attends the fifth meeting of the Ukraine Contact Group at the US base in Ramstein. Boris Roessler/dpa
January 09, 2024
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has prostate cancer, the hospital treating him says.
The disease was recognized early and the prognosis for a cure is "excellent," Walter Reed Military Hospital in Bethesda, Md. — outside of the US capital — announced on Tuesday.
The Pentagon in Washington has been criticized for not telling either President Joe Biden or the public quickly about Austin's condition.
The 70-year-old has been hospitalized since the beginning of the year due to complications following an operation at the end of December.
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