Posted 2/1/2024, 3:53:00 PM
Austin Apologizes for Keeping Cancer Treatment Secret from White House
- Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin apologized for keeping his cancer treatment and hospitalization secret from the White House and public
- Austin was hospitalized on New Year's Day for complications from prostate cancer surgery and spent time in the ICU
- neither Austin nor his staff informed the White House or public for several days about his hospitalization
- Austin said he plans to respond to the deadly Jordan drone attack that killed 3 US soldiers at a time and place of choosing
- Austin admitted his first instinct was to keep his cancer diagnosis private and that he doesn't like to "burden others"