Pentagon finishes review of Austin's failure to tell Biden and other leaders about his cancer
The Pentagon has completed its review of Defense Secretary’s Lloyd Austin’s failure last month to quickly notify the president and other senior leaders about his hospitalization for complications from prostate cancer surgery and how the notification process can be improved
By LOLITA C. BALDOR
Published - Feb 08, 2024, 04:40 PM ET
Last Updated - Feb 08, 2024, 04:40 PM EST
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has completed its review of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin 's failure last month to quickly notify the president and other senior leaders about his hospitalization for complications from prostate cancer and how the notification process can be improved, but no other details were provided.
Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, said portions of the review are classified but the department will release what it can of the review.
Austin has been scrutinized for keeping secret his prostate cancer diagnosis in early December, his surgery and his hospitalization on Jan. 1, when he began suffering complications from the procedure.
