Democrats mull Lloyd Austin investigation after prostate cancer secrecy

Published January 9, 2024 5:50pm ET



Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin may face a Senate Armed Services Committee investigation over his unexplained health emergency and hospital stay as news of his prostate cancer diagnosis sparks more questions than answers. 

Austin’s doctors at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center revealed in a statement on Tuesday that the defense secretary was diagnosed late last month and “underwent a minimally invasive surgical procedure called a prostatectomy to treat and cure prostate cancer.”

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