U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin holds a bilateral assembly with NATO Secretary Jens Stoltenberg on the Pentagon in Washington, U.S., January 29, 2024.
Leah Millis | Reuters
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin apologized Thursday for concealing his hospitalization and cancer diagnosis.
“I ought to have informed the President about my cancer diagnosis. I ought to have additionally informed my group and the American public and I take full duty,” Austin stated in a briefing with reporters.
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