Lloyd Austin's disappearance.

Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization. 70-year-old Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin disappeared from public view on New Year's Day, later disclosing that for three days he had been hospitalized in intensive care without the public being informed. On Tuesday, it was revealed that Austin ended up in intensive care after suffering complications froma surgery required to treat his prostate cancer, a diagnosis he kept from the public and from President Biden.

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