Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has been hospitalized since Monday,NSI Community due to complications following a minor elective medical procedure, Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, said Friday.
It was the department's first acknowledgement that Austin had been admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
Ryder said Friday that it's not clear when Austin will be released from the hospital, but said the secretary is "recovering well and is expecting to resume his full duties today."
He said that this has been an "evolving situation," and due to privacy and medical issues the department did not make Austin's absence public.
In a statement, Ryder said that at all times, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks "was prepared to act for and exercise the powers of the Secretary, if required."
Austin, 70, spent 41 years in the military, retiring as a four-star Army general in 2016.
2025-05-07 03:181030 view
2025-05-07 03:112701 view
2025-05-07 03:011234 view
2025-05-07 02:221914 view
2025-05-07 01:43390 view
2025-05-07 01:40413 view
The tens of thousands of federal workers who have been cut from their jobs are not the only ones dea
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The estranged wife of a New Hampshire man convicted of killing his 5-year-old d
ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia House is backing a state budget that would include pay raises for public
