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Pentagon reveals complications from cancer surgery kept White House uninformed

Secretary Austin's hospitalization was due to complications from prostate cancer surgery.

In a shocking revelation, doctors have disclosed that complications from prostate cancer surgery were the cause of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin's undisclosed hospitalization last week. The news has sent shockwaves through both the Pentagon and the White House, leaving many wondering why this critical information was kept under wraps for so long.

The Pentagon finally broke its silence today, issuing a statement from Secretary Austin's doctors at around 2 p.m. The statement revealed that Austin had undergone surgery for prostate cancer on December 22nd, and it was the complications from this procedure that led to his hospitalization and subsequent ambulance transport to Walter Reed Medical Center.

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