{"id":2141760,"date":"2024-01-05T19:13:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-06T00:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lloyd-austin-recovering-after-being-admitted-to-hospital-pentagon\/"},"modified":"2024-01-05T19:15:53","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T00:15:53","slug":"lloyd-austin-recovering-after-being-admitted-to-hospital-pentagon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lloyd-austin-recovering-after-being-admitted-to-hospital-pentagon\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon reports Lloyd Austin&#8217;s hospitalization, now in recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flloyd-austin-recovering-after-being-admitted-to-hospital-pentagon%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2141760&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin Recovering\u2064 After Hospitalization<\/h2>\n<p>Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin \u200bis currently recovering after being admitted to Walter Reed \u200bNational Military\u200c Medical Center \u2062on Monday, according to\u2064 a Pentagon statement released on Friday. The hospitalization was a result of \u2062complications from\u2064 a recent elective <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meme-lords-just-figured-out-how-to-take-back-the-billions-wall-street-made-profiting-off-lockdowns-the-washington-standard\/\" title=\"Meme Lords Just Figured Out How To Take Back The Billions Wall Street Made Profiting Off Lockdowns\">medical procedure<\/a>, but Austin is expected to resume his full \u2063duties on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Air Force Maj.\u2064 Gen. Pat Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, assured\u2062 that the Deputy Secretary \u200bof Defense was prepared to act and exercise the powers of the Secretary if necessary.\u200d The hospitalization was not disclosed earlier due\u200b to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-shocking-reversal-facebook-wont-ban-un-debunked-wuhan-lab-or-man-made-theories\/\" title=\"In Shocking Reversal, Facebook Won\u2019t Ban Un-Debunked \u2018Wuhan Lab\u2019 Or \u2018Man-Made\u2019 Theories\">evolving nature<\/a> of \u200cthe situation and concerns regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/these-7-states-are-working-to-ban-vaccine-passports\/\" title=\"BREAKING: 7 States Have Banned Vaccine Passports, More On The Way\">medical privacy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Hospitalization Amidst Middle East Chaos<\/h3>\n<p>The hospitalization occurred amidst ongoing chaos in the Middle East, including an ISIS bombing in\u200b Iran and a Department of Defense-authorized\u200b airstrike\u200b in Baghdad. Both Defense Secretary Austin and President Joe Biden authorized the airstrike, as confirmed by a DOD official.<\/p>\n<p>The official further explained that Secretary Austin did not need to delegate his duties explicitly, as the Deputy Secretary is \u200dautomatically authorized to perform them in \u2064his absence. Medical \u200dprofessionals have been consulted \u2062throughout the \u2062process.<\/p>\n<p>No specific details about the medical procedure or its complications have been disclosed. However, as of Friday afternoon, Austin \u2064was still at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">medical center<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to\u200d read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mike Brest contributed\u2062 to this report.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> Why was \u200bDefense Secretary Lloyd Austin admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Defense\u2064 Secretary \u200bLloyd Austin\u2064 is currently recovering after being admitted to Walter Reed National\u200d Military Medical Center\u200b on Monday, according to a Pentagon statement \u2064released on Friday. The hospitalization was a result of complications from a recent elective\u2064 medical procedure, but Austin is expected to resume his full duties\u2062 on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Air Force Maj.\u200b Gen.\u2063 Pat\u2063 Ryder, the Pentagon \u200cpress secretary, assured that the Deputy Secretary of Defense was \u2063prepared to act and exercise\u2062 the powers of the Secretary if necessary. The hospitalization was not disclosed earlier due to the evolving nature of the situation and concerns regarding medical privacy.<\/p>\n<p>The hospitalization occurred amidst\u200b ongoing chaos in\u200c the Middle East, including\u2062 an ISIS \u2063bombing in Iran and\u2062 a Department of Defense-authorized airstrike in Baghdad. Both Defense Secretary\u200d Austin and President\u200c Joe Biden authorized the\u2064 airstrike, as confirmed by\u200d a DOD official.<\/p>\n<p>The official further explained that Secretary Austin did not need to delegate his duties explicitly, as \u2063the \u2062Deputy Secretary is automatically authorized\u2064 to perform them in his absence. Medical professionals have been consulted throughout the process.<\/p>\n<p>No specific details about the medical procedure or its complications have \u200dbeen disclosed. However, as of Friday afternoon, Austin was still at the \u200dmedical center.<\/p>\n<p>It is important \u200dto \u200cnote that Mike Brest\u200c contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<p>Click here to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is in recovery at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after being admitted on Monday due to complications from a recent elective medical procedure. Pentagon press secretary, Air Force Maj. Gen. 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