Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks will serve as acting secretary while Secretary Lloyd Austin has the procedure.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will undergo a procedure related to the bladder issue that prompted his hospitalization earlier this year, the Department of Defense said Friday afternoon.The department called it a 'scheduled, elective and minimally invasive' non-surgical procedure that will take place at Walter Reed Medical Center later Friday, according to a statement from Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder.
But it wasn't until days later, on Jan. 4, that the White House was notified of Austin's hospitalization.Austin spent two weeks at Walter Reed and was released in mid-January. But the delay in notifying the White House, Congress and the public about his hospitalization and prostate cancer diagnosis brought criticism from lawmakers.Austin was hospitalized for two days in mid-February following symptoms of an 'emergent bladder issue' and transferred duties to Hicks.
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