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Published: January 9, 2024 4:02pm

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was hospitalized for almost a week at the beginning of this year following complications from a prostate cancer treatment. The Pentagon has received backlash over the incident because White House officials were not informed of the hospitalization until four days later.

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