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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin transfers duties after being hospitalized with “emergent bladder issue,” Pentagon says

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin addresses media Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin takes questions from media for first time since hospitalization 02:20 Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was taken to Walter Reed National …

White House wasn’t notified of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization for several days

by Ron Morgan

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has been hospitalized since Monday due to complications following a minor elective medical procedure, his press secretary said Friday, in the Defense Department’s first acknowledgment that …