US Defense Secretary Makes 1st Public Appearance Since Secretive Hospitalization

Published on January 23, 2024

The U.S. defense secretary on Jan. 23 appeared for the first time in public since his secret hospitalization, logging onto a meeting from his home. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, 70, attended a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group. “I urge this group to dig deep to provide Ukraine with more lifesaving ground-based air defense systems and interceptors,” Mr. Austin said in opening remarks broadcast from his home in Virginia, where he is still recuperating after prostate cancer surgery. Mr. Austin, a retired general, secretly underwent surgery for prostate cancer in December 2023. He was rushed to the hospital on New Year’s Day with intense pain, including abdominal pain, officials have since disclosed....

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