Lloyd Austin called to testify on failure to disclose hospitalization

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House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-AL) requested Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to appear before the committee for questioning.

Austin, 70, was hospitalized at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center beginning Jan. 1 following a Dec. 22 surgery to treat his prostate cancer. A subsequent urinary tract infection kept him under close watch by doctors until his release Monday.

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