The White House will “take a look at” Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s secret hospitalization, while he still maintains support from President Joe Biden.

Austin has been in the hospital for a week after initially suffering from complications from an undisclosed elective procedure last month, and his top aides failed to notify the White House and the public for days, causing significant uproar about the lack of transparency.

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