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Pains. He was discharged home with physical therapy. Austin himself put out a statement saying, im grateful for the excellent care i received at Walter Reed and want to thank the outstanding doctors and Nursing Staff for their superb support. As i continue to recuperate, im eager to fully recover and return as quickly as possible to the pentagon. No out look on how long it might take for him to return to the pentagon. He has access to secret communications and he authorized the u. S. Strikes in yemen from the hospital. Talked to president biden from there as well. Its also necessary to say that austin failing to disclose he was in the hospital caused some problems for the administration especially because president biden didnt know his Defense Secretary was in the hospital