Austin apologizes for hiding his health condition from the US. US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin admitted that he acted wrongly when he did not inform the country's leadership about his health.
He also confirmed that he has no plans to resign, despite his diagnosis of cancer. On January 29, the head of the US Department of Defense returned to work after almost a month of treatment for prostate cancer. The Pentagon chief said he had to tell his team and the American public about this. He said: "I should have told the President about my cancer diagnosis"