Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin will attend a hearing in the US House of Representatives on February 29 to answer questions about his hospitalization in early January and the concealment of this fact. The newspaper writes about this Policy Citing US Armed Forces spokesman Justin Tripathi.
“Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will attend a House Armed Services hearing this month to answer questions about his decision to conceal his recent hospitalization from senior national security officials. “The Pentagon chief agreed to testify on February 29,” according to Armed Forces spokesman Justin Tripathi.
As the newspaper noted, some Republicans argue that Austin should resign for concealing that the Pentagon chief had previously been hospitalized for complications from an operation to treat prostate cancer.
Before that Austin acceptedHe said he acted wrongly by not informing the country’s top leaders and the American public about his prostate cancer and hospitalization, and also apologized.
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