{"id":203561,"date":"2024-01-07T07:46:54","date_gmt":"2024-01-07T11:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=203561"},"modified":"2024-01-07T07:46:54","modified_gmt":"2024-01-07T11:46:54","slug":"dodgate-white-house-not-told-for-days-defence-secretary-in-hospital-yikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=203561","title":{"rendered":"

DODgate: White House not told for days defence secretary in hospital—YIKES!<\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Biden administration was not told for days that US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin had been hospitalised, at least one official has told US media.<\/h3>\n

Mr Austin, 70, was admitted to the Walter Reed Medical Center on Monday due to complications following surgery.<\/p>\n

An official told the BBC’s US partner CBS that the White House was not informed of this until at least Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

Mr Austin has accepted responsibility for the lack of communication.<\/p>\n

“I recognise I could have done a better job ensuring the public was appropriately informed,” he said in a statement.<\/h3>\n

“I commit to doing better.”<\/p>\n

The defence secretary sits just below the president in the chain of command for the US military.<\/p>\n

Mr Austin added that it was “important to say: this was my medical procedure, and I take full responsibility for my decisions about disclosure”.<\/p>\n

“I am very glad to be on the mend and look forward to returning to the Pentagon soon.”<\/p>\n

He is thought to still be in hospital but a defence department spokesperson quoted by the AFP news agency said he resumed his full duties on Friday.<\/h3>\n

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