{"id":2144923,"date":"2024-01-09T20:21:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T01:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/defense-secretary-lloyd-austin-treated-for-prostate-cancer-hospitalized\/"},"modified":"2024-01-09T20:24:25","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T01:24:25","slug":"defense-secretary-lloyd-austin-treated-for-prostate-cancer-hospitalized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/defense-secretary-lloyd-austin-treated-for-prostate-cancer-hospitalized\/","title":{"rendered":"Lloyd Austin, Defense Secretary, hospitalized for prostate cancer treatment"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fdefense-secretary-lloyd-austin-treated-for-prostate-cancer-hospitalized%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=2144923&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--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Abril Elfi<\/a><br \/>5:12\u2064 PM \u2013 Tuesday, January 9, 2024<\/p>\n<p>Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has\u2062 been diagnosed with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-former-sen-bob-dole-to-receive-treatment-for-lung-cancer\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Former Sen. Bob Dole To Receive Treatment For Lung Cancer\">prostate cancer<\/a> and is now hospitalized following \u200ba\u200c surgery procedure.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Doctors\u200c at Walter\u2063 Reed National Military \u200cMedical Center said on Tuesday that Austin\u200b has been in the hospital since January 1<sup>st<\/sup> after\u2062 he reportedly had surgery\u2063 to \u2064treat his\u200c prostate cancer. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PentagonPresSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PentagonPresSec<\/a> reads statement from \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecDef?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SecDef<\/a> Austin&#8217;s \u2064doctors at Walter Reed Medical \u200bCenter: \u200d&#8221;His prostate cancer was detected \u200cearly and\u2064 his prognosis is excellent.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FYnsqgTrLV\">pic.twitter.com\/FYnsqgTrLV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CSPAN (@cspan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cspan\/status\/1744809117221330965?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The\u2064 White House announced that President Joe Biden was not informed of Austin\u2019s diagnosis until Tuesday morning. <\/p>\n<p>According to Walter Reed \u2062doctors \u200bwho\u2063 spoke to the \u200bpress, Austin underwent the initial cancer surgery on December 22<sup>nd<\/sup>.\u00a0Then, on January\u200b 1<sup>st<\/sup>, he began experiencing complications from the procedure,\u2064 including\u00a0nausea and severe\u200b abdominal, hip, and leg \u2064pain, which was later identified as a \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/medical-kidnapping-hospital-refuses-to-let-daughter-see-her-elderly-mother-for-not-taking-covid-test-crowd-comes-and-gets-mom-released-videos\/\" title=\"\u2018MEDICAL KIDNAPPING\u2019: Hospital Refuses to Let Daughter See Her Elderly Mother for Not Taking COVID Test, Crowd Comes and Gets Mom Released (VIDEOS)\">urinary tract infection<\/a> (UTI). <\/p>\n<p>Austin waited until last Thursday to tell White \u200cHouse staff about his emergency hospitalization, \u200da communication lapse that can\u2063 pose a\u2063 risk to national security. <\/p>\n<p>Previous to the announcement on Tuesday, the \u2064reason for his\u2062 hospital stay was unknown. <\/p>\n<p>Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Maj. Gen.\u200b Pat\u200b Ryder stated that Austin has taken\u2062 responsibility for the \u201cissues with transparency\u201d about his health status. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cSecretary Austin has\u2064 taken responsibility for the issues with transparency, and the Department is taking immediate\u2063 steps to improve our notification procedures,\u201d he said .<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He continued,\u2064 saying\u2062 that Austin\u2019s \u2062chief\u2062 of staff has instructed Pentagon officials to conduct a \u201c30-day review of the department\u2019s notification process for assumption of functions \u2062and duties of the Secretary \u200dof \u200cDefense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many\u2064 are calling for Austin\u2019s resignation to the White House\u2062 among his diagnosis and the secrecy surrounding it. However, Austin\u2064 said that he\u2063 will not\u2064 be stepping down from his post, and \u2064he also maintained that Biden and the White House would be backing him. <\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! \u2062Receive breaking news blasts \u2062directly to your inbox for free.\u200d Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>In the second part of an exclusive interview, Arizona \u2064Congressman Andy Biggs tells\u200c One\u2063 America News that\u2062 he \u2062believes\u2062 by\u200c the end of the week we could see a \u2063successful \u2062vote on the House floor to hold Hunter Biden in contempt.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>As the United States gets \u2063deeper \u200cinvolved into \u2063both the conflicts in Ukraine \u200band now Israel, it\u2019s\u2064 worth pointing\u200c out that the \u200dUS government is currently \u2064operating in no\u2063 less than 15 so-called\u200b \u201cshadow wars\u201d around the world.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Arizona Congressman Andy \u2064Biggs \u2062tells One America \u2062News he is disappointed \u200dwith \u2062the new budget bill house speaker Mike Johnson unveiled\u200b this week. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The House Oversight Committee moves ahead\u2062 towards holding the President\u2019s son Hunter in Contempt of Congress\u2062 over his failing \u200cto appear\u2062 before the council and testify \u2063in\u200d private. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Google is set to \u2063go before a federal jury\u2062 in Boston on Tuesday over accusations that its processors infringe a computer scientist\u2019s patents.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>OpenAI \u200cand \u2062its\u200b financial backer Microsoft were sued in Manhattan federal court by a pair\u200c of\u2063 nonfiction authors who say the companies misused their work to train the AI models behind AI-based services.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>SpaceX sued a U.S. labor board \u2062to block its case accusing the company of illegally firing employees\u2063 calling CEO Elon Musk \u201ca distraction and embarrassment.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>ChatGPT was\u2062 well on its\u200b way to becoming a household \u2064name even before 2023 kicked\u2064 off.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> Why has \u200bDefense Secretary Austin chosen to\u2062 remain in his\u2062 post \u200bdespite calls for his resignation related to his prostate cancer diagnosis<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u2064 Defense Secretary \u2064Lloyd \u2064Austin Diagnosed with \u200dProstate \u200bCancer<\/p>\n<p>Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has \u200brecently been diagnosed with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-study-finds-puberty-blockers-exacerbated-mental-anguish-for-trans-identified-teens\/\" title=\"UK study shows puberty blockers worsened mental distress in transgender teens.\">prostate\u2064 cancer<\/a> and is currently hospitalized following a surgical procedure. \u2062Doctors at the \u200bWalter Reed National Military\u200c Medical Center revealed\u200b that Austin has been \u200cin the hospital since January 1st\u2064 after undergoing surgery to treat\u200d his prostate cancer.<\/p>\n<p>The White House announced that President Joe Biden was not informed of Austin&#8217;s diagnosis until Tuesday morning. This communication delay raises \u2062concerns about national security as Austin\u2063 waited until last Thursday \u200bto inform White House staff\u2063 about his\u2064 emergency hospitalization.<\/p>\n<p>According to doctors\u200d at \u2063Walter Reed, Austin underwent the initial cancer\u200d surgery\u200b on December 22nd. However, he began\u200d experiencing complications from the procedure on January\u2064 1st, including \u2062nausea and severe abdominal, \u2064hip, and leg pain. These \u200bsymptoms were later identified as a urinary tract infection.\u2063 Prior to \u2063the announcement on Tuesday, the reason for Austin&#8217;s \u200dhospital\u200c stay was unknown.<\/p>\n<p>Pentagon\u200c Press Secretary Air Force Maj. \u200dGen. Pat Ryder acknowledged that Austin\u2062 has taken responsibility for the lack \u2064of\u200b transparency \u200cregarding his health status. The Department is now taking immediate\u200b steps to improve notification procedures \u2064and has initiated a 30-day review of the\u200b department&#8217;s notification process\u200c for the assumption of functions and \u200cduties of the \u200dSecretary \u200cof \u200dDefense.<\/p>\n<p>Despite\u200b calls for Austin&#8217;s resignation due \u2064to his diagnosis and the \u200dsecrecy surrounding \u2063it, he\u200b has\u200c stated that he will\u2064 not step\u200d down from his post. Austin\u200c also\u200d maintained\u2062 that President Biden and the\u2062 White House continue to\u2062 support \u2062him.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin&#8217;s recent diagnosis of prostate\u2064 cancer has prompted concerns regarding transparency and \u2062national security. While Austin has taken responsibility for the\u2062 lack\u200d of transparency, he has expressed his \u2064commitment to continue his role\u200c as Secretary of Defense with the backing of the White\u2064 House.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has been hospitalized since January 1st after undergoing surgery for prostate cancer. 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