
Pentagon review of Lloyd Austin's hospitalization finds no "ill intent" in not disclosing but says processes could be improved
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An internal review of the transfer of authority during Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's hospitalization in January found that while processes could be improved, "nothing examined during this review demonstrated any indication of ill intent or an attempt to obfuscate," according to an unclassified summary of the review released by the Pentagon Monday. The rest of the review remains classified.
The three-page unclassified summary in part blames the lack of information sharing on the "unprecedented situation" and says that Austin's staff was trying to respect his medical privacy.
Austin chief of staff Kelly Magsamen directed the Defense Department to conduct the 30-day review of whether policies for transferring authority were followed when Austin was admitted to the hospital in January to treat a bladder issue that arose after surgery to treat prostate cancer.

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