{"id":2144653,"date":"2024-01-09T16:58:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T21:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-not-informed-of-austins-cancer-diagnosis-until-this-morning-white-house\/"},"modified":"2024-01-09T16:59:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T21:59:10","slug":"biden-not-informed-of-austins-cancer-diagnosis-until-this-morning-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-not-informed-of-austins-cancer-diagnosis-until-this-morning-white-house\/","title":{"rendered":"White House: Biden unaware of Austin&#8217;s cancer diagnosis until today"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fbiden-not-informed-of-austins-cancer-diagnosis-until-this-morning-white-house%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=2144653&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>President Biden Unaware\u200c of Defense Secretary Austin&#8217;s Cancer\u200b Diagnosis Until Recently<\/h2>\n<p>The White House \u2062revealed on Tuesday that President Joe Biden was only informed about Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin&#8217;s cancer diagnosis this morning.\u2063 This news comes after Austin&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rage-against-the-machines-tim-commerford-reveals-prostate-cancer-diagnosis\/\" title=\"Rage Against The Machine\u2019s Tim Commerford Reveals Prostate Cancer Diagnosis\">prostate cancer diagnosis<\/a> was made public on \u200dTuesday afternoon, despite him receiving the diagnosis last month.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;[Biden] was not informed until last Friday that Secretary Austin was in the hospital,&#8221; said National Security Council\u2064 spokesman John \u200dKirby\u200d during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-extends-southern-california-stay-at-home-order-for-at-least-another-three-weeks\/\" title=\"Newsom Extends Southern California Stay-at-Home Order For at Least Another Three Weeks\">press briefing<\/a>. &#8220;He was not \u2064informed until this morning that the root cause of that hospitalization was \u200dprostate cancer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite the delayed information, \u2062White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre expressed that President Biden has &#8220;full confidence&#8221; in Austin. \u200dKirby also confirmed that the president intends\u200c to keep Austin as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/did-president-trump-spring-a-trap-on-treasonous-democrats-on-election-night\/\" title=\"Did President Trump Spring a Trap on Treasonous Democrats on Election Night?\">defense secretary<\/a> until the end of his term.<\/p>\n<p>Kirby and Jean-Pierre announced that\u2062 there will be changes in protocol for \u200bCabinet \u2064members\u2062 moving forward. They will be required to submit written procedures for delegation of authority.<\/p>\n<p>Defense Secretary Austin, who is 70 years \u200bold, \u2062was diagnosed with\u2062 prostate cancer last month. The cancer was detected early, and he \u2063underwent a successful prostatectomy on December 22 to treat and cure \u200cthe disease, as stated by his doctors.<\/p>\n<p>The subsequent\u2062 controversy surrounding Austin&#8217;s hospitalization has led to Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT) filing articles of impeachment against him. However, both the White House and DOD officials have expressed their support for \u2064Austin, \u2064stating that he has \u200bno plans\u200b to resign.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How did the\u2062 delayed information about \u2064Secretary Austin&#8217;s cancer diagnosis impact President Biden&#8217;s confidence in him?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  President \u2064Biden Unaware of Defense Secretary Austin&#8217;s \u200bCancer\u200b\u200b Diagnosis\u200c Until Recently<\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 White House revealed on Tuesday that \u200bPresident Joe Biden was\u200d only informed \u2063about Secretary of\u2064 Defense \u2062Lloyd Austin&#8217;s cancer diagnosis this morning. \u2062This news comes \u2064after Austin&#8217;s prostate cancer\u2063 diagnosis was made public on Tuesday afternoon, despite him \u200creceiving \u200bthe diagnosis \u2063last month.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[Biden] was not\u2063 informed until\u2063 last\u2062 Friday \u2063that Secretary Austin was in\u2064 the hospital,&#8221; said \u2064National Security Council spokesman John Kirby during the press briefing. &#8220;He was not informed until this morning that the root cause of that hospitalization was prostate cancer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite the delayed information, White House press secretary\u2064 Karine Jean-Pierre expressed that President Biden \u2063has &#8220;full \u2062confidence&#8221; in Austin. Kirby also confirmed\u2063 that the president intends to\u2062 keep Austin \u200bas defense secretary\u2062 until the \u200bend of his term.<\/p>\n<p>Kirby and Jean-Pierre announced that \u200dthere will be changes in protocol for Cabinet members moving forward. They will be required to submit written procedures for delegation of authority.<\/p>\n<p>Defense Secretary Austin,\u200d who is 70 years old, was diagnosed with prostate cancer last month. The cancer\u2063 was detected early,\u2064 and he underwent\u200b a successful prostatectomy on \u200cDecember 22 to treat\u2062 and \u200bcure the \u200cdisease, as \u2064stated by his doctors.<\/p>\n<p>The subsequent controversy surrounding Austin&#8217;s hospitalization has\u2062 led to Rep. \u200bMatt Rosendale\u200b (R-MT) filing articles of impeachment against\u200c him. However, both the White\u2063 House and \u2062DOD officials have expressed \u200dtheir \u2063support for Austin, \u2062stating that he has no plans to resign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden was unaware of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin&#8217;s cancer diagnosis until today, as confirmed by the White House on Tuesday. Austin&#8217;s prostate cancer diagnosis was made public hours after the president was informed, despite Austin reportedly being aware of it since last month. 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