Biden says Defense Secretary Austin showed lapse in judgment in concealing health woes

13-1-2024 Politics Washington Times - Politics 20

President Biden said Friday that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's failure to disclose his lengthy hospitalization following a recent prostate operation was a lapse in judgment, but the president insisted he still has confidence in the 70-year-old former general.

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