{"id":2161980,"date":"2024-01-29T14:02:03","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T19:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/def-sec-austin-returns-to-pentagon-addresses-health-situation\/"},"modified":"2024-01-29T14:02:03","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T19:02:03","slug":"def-sec-austin-returns-to-pentagon-addresses-health-situation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/def-sec-austin-returns-to-pentagon-addresses-health-situation\/","title":{"rendered":"Def Sec Austin Returns To Pentagon, Addresses Health Situation"},"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%2Fdef-sec-austin-returns-to-pentagon-addresses-health-situation%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=2161980&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>On Monday, Defense Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/lloyd-austin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lloyd Austin<\/a> returned to work at the Pentagon for the first time since his secretive hospitalization for\u00a0complications <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/walter-reed-medical-center-reveals-why-lloyd-austin-was-hospitalized\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">following a procedure to treat prostate cancer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Austin, 70, briefly <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cspan\/status\/1752008764742353034\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">addressed<\/a> his health situation during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg with cameras in the room to capture the remarks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt this important time, I\u2019m glad to be back at the Pentagon. I feel good and am recovering well \u2014\u00a0but still recovering \u2014 and I appreciate all the good wishes that I\u2019ve received thus far,\u201d Austin said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecDef?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SecDef<\/a> Austin: &#8220;Let me start with my outrage and sorrow for the death of three brave U.S. troops in Jordan\u2026The president and I will not tolerate attack on U.S. forces and we will take all necessary actions to defend the U.S. and our troops.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G6bzDZrNsf\">pic.twitter.com\/G6bzDZrNsf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CSPAN (@cspan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cspan\/status\/1752008764742353034?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Austin also commented on the weekend drone attack on a base in Jordan, which the Biden administration has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/01\/29\/us\/politics\/us-troops-drone-attack-jordan-iran.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pinned<\/a> on an Iran-backed militia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me start with my outrage and sorrow for the death of three brave U.S. troops in Jordan and for the other troops who were wounded,\u201d Austin said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president and I will not tolerate attack on U.S. forces and we will take all necessary actions to defend the U.S. and our troops,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Defense <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/Releases\/Release\/Article\/3658716\/secretary-of-defense-lloyd-j-austin-iii-returns-to-work-at-the-pentagon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> Austin has been conducting his duties from home since his release from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on January 15, roughly two weeks after he was admitted.<\/p>\n<p>Austin made his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/sec-def-makes-first-public-appearance-since-covert-hospitalization-omits-mention-of-his-health-situation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first public appearance<\/a> last week on a video call when he deviated from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/Speeches\/Speech\/Article\/3652662\/opening-remarks-by-secretary-of-defense-lloyd-j-austin-iii-at-the-18th-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prepared remarks<\/a> and opted not to mention his condition.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple inquiries began after it emerged that top Biden administration officials and Congress were kept in the dark about Austin\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-admin-shocker-defense-secretary-hospitalized-days-ago-press-alarmed-by-late-notice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">health situation<\/a> for days.<\/p>\n<p>Some critics, including GOP lawmakers and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=trump+austin+daily+wire&#038;sca_esv=248f942d9b8c3839&#038;ei=rd23ZaniIeWxqtsP1MqKmAk&#038;ved=0ahUKEwjp7KWSjYOEAxXlmGoFHVSlApMQ4dUDCBA&#038;uact=5&#038;oq=trump+austin+daily+wire&#038;gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiF3RydW1wIGF1c3RpbiBkYWlseSB3aXJlSPYQUI4BWPEPcAN4AJABAJgBfqABsgmqAQQwLjExuAEDyAEA-AEB4gMEGAEgQYgGAQ&#038;sclient=gws-wiz-serp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">former President Donald Trump<\/a>, called for Austin\u2019s ouster. The defense secretary said he took <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/deputy-who-assumed-defense-secretarys-duties-was-not-told-about-his-hospitalization-for-days-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cfull responsibility\u201d<\/a> for how disclosure was handled.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The White House released new guidelines for Cabinet secretaries, according to a memo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/01\/26\/white-house-cabinet-austin-00138188\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">obtained by POLITICO<\/a>, to enhance transparency rules when authority is delegated to a subordinate.<\/p>\n<p>Austin\u2019s return to the Pentagon on Monday followed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2024\/01\/28\/lloyd-austin-prostate-cancer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a Washington Post report<\/a> on cancer survivors who served in the military expressing disappointment that the defense secretary did not take the opportunity to spread awareness.<\/p>\n<p>White House officials have insisted that President Joe Biden has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CXv5EwRAKRs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201ccomplete confidence\u201d<\/a> in Austin, and they emphasized that the president plans to keep the secretary in place through the remainder of his term despite it being \u201cnot optimal\u201d that the commander-in-chief and other leaders did not know what happened for so long.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin returned to work at the Pentagon for the first time since his secretive hospitalization for\u00a0complications following a procedure to treat prostate cancer. Austin, 70, briefly addressed his health situation during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg with cameras in the room to capture the remarks. \u201cAt this<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":2161981,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2161980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2161980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2161980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2161980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2161981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2161980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2161980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2161980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}