Oddbean new post about login | logout Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin Apologizes for Secret Hospital Visit https://yakihonne.s3.ap-east-1.amazonaws.com/9e9c40af199094b4016880278ea3d8383caf0234f61da915c829d9bee4d8b45f/files/1706880420733-YAKIHONNES3.jpg U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin apologized on Thursday for his secret hospital visit, during which he seemingly disappeared for several days, admitting that he did not handle it well.
Austin had been recuperating from prostate cancer and its complications for three weeks before returning to the Pentagon and addressing the press. He expressed regret for not informing President Biden about his cancer diagnosis and acknowledged that he should have handled the situation differently
