American Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was rushed to the hospital today (Sunday) following a "bladder problem", the Pentagon said. About a month ago, Austin was released from the hospital, after being hospitalized since the beginning of the year.
He was hospitalized on January 1 due to complications from surgery to remove prostate cancer. The 70-year-old Austin was heavily criticized after it became clear that senior officials in the Pentagon and the White House did not know that he had been hospitalized for three days. The Secretary of Defense is second only to the president in the chain of command of the US military.