Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is recovering after complications following elective surgery, and was admitted into a Washington D.C. hospital on Monday, the Pentagon said.
“On the evening of January 1, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for complications following a recent elective medical procedure,” Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder Pentagon said.
“He is recovering well and is expecting to resume his full duties today,” Ryder added.
Ryder said that Austin was hospitalized following the surgery, but not immediately after.
The news about Austin, who has been hospitalized since Monday, was shared with the media Friday.
“This has been an evolving situation in which we [have] had to consider a number of factors including medical and personal privacy issues,” Ryder told Fox News. “We are now in a position to update you.”
It wasn’t immediately clear what the elective medical procedure was or the date of the surgery.
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