Some Pentagon officials are questioning Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin s decision to keep his prostrate cancer surgery and complications a secret for so long, even from President Joe Biden.
Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Eric Smith had a successful open-heart surgery on Monday “to repair a bicuspid aortic valve in his heart,” the Marine Corps announced in a news release.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin could have broken the law by failing to report his absence, the latest twist in the saga of his mysterious hospitalization and illness.
White House told cabinet secretaries to keep it informed when they may not be able to perform their duties as the fallout continues from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin s secret hospitalization.
Lloyd Austin was hospitalized to be treated for prostate cancer, the Pentagon revealed on Tuesday after days of criticism for hiding the defense secretary s secret hospitalization.