WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Jan. 1 following complications from a “recent elective medical procedure,” the Pentagon press secretary said on Friday.
“He is recovering well and is expecting to resume his full duties today,” press secretary Major General Pat Ryder said in a statement.
U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks to the media during a NATO Defence Ministers’ meeting at the Alliance’s headquarters in Brussels, Belgium October 12, 2023.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III addresses service members assigned Naval Support Activity, after participating in the Virtual Red Sea Security Summit at NAVCENT headquarters in Manama, Bahrain December 19, 2023.
