The US Secretary of Defense, admitted to the ICU for a bladder problem less than a month after his controversial hospitalization. The Pentagon reported in a statement that the decision was made so that it would receive close monitoring.

Lloyd, 70, suffers from prostate cancer and underwent a prostatectomy on December 22 to treat his cancer. On January 15, the person in charge of the Pentagon was discharged from the same hospital after spending two weeks in the hospital, amid controversy because the president of the country, Joe Biden, was not immediately informed.