<p>On Monday, Defense Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lloyd-austin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lloyd Austin</a> returned to work at the Pentagon for the first time since his secretive hospitalization for complications <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/walter-reed-medical-center-reveals-why-lloyd-austin-was-hospitalized" target="_blank" rel="noopener">following a procedure to treat prostate cancer</a>.</p>
<p>Austin, 70, briefly <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1752008764742353034" target="_blank" rel="noopener">addressed</a> his health situation during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg with cameras in the room to capture the remarks.</p>
<p>&#8220;At this important time, I’m glad to be back at the Pentagon. I feel good and am recovering well — but still recovering — and I appreciate all the good wishes that I&#8217;ve received thus far,&#8221; Austin said.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/SecDef?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SecDef</a> Austin: &quot;Let me start with my outrage and sorrow for the death of three brave U.S. troops in Jordan&#8230;The president and I will not tolerate attack on U.S. forces and we will take all necessary actions to defend the U.S. and our troops.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/G6bzDZrNsf">pic.twitter.com/G6bzDZrNsf</a></p>
<p>&mdash; CSPAN (@cspan) <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1752008764742353034?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 29, 2024</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Austin also commented on the weekend drone attack on a base in Jordan, which the Biden administration has <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/29/us/politics/us-troops-drone-attack-jordan-iran.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pinned</a> on an Iran-backed militia.</p>
<p>&#8220;Let me start with my outrage and sorrow for the death of three brave U.S. troops in Jordan and for the other troops who were wounded,&#8221; Austin said.</p>
<p>&#8220;The president and I will not tolerate attack on U.S. forces and we will take all necessary actions to defend the U.S. and our troops,&#8221; he added.</p>
<p>The Department of Defense <a href="https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3658716/secretary-of-defense-lloyd-j-austin-iii-returns-to-work-at-the-pentagon/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Austin has been conducting his duties from home since his release from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on January 15, roughly two weeks after he was admitted.</p>
<p>Austin made his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sec-def-makes-first-public-appearance-since-covert-hospitalization-omits-mention-of-his-health-situation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">first public appearance</a> last week on a video call when he deviated from <a href="https://www.defense.gov/News/Speeches/Speech/Article/3652662/opening-remarks-by-secretary-of-defense-lloyd-j-austin-iii-at-the-18th-ukraine/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">prepared remarks</a> and opted not to mention his condition.</p>
<p>Multiple inquiries began after it emerged that top Biden administration officials and Congress were kept in the dark about Austin&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admin-shocker-defense-secretary-hospitalized-days-ago-press-alarmed-by-late-notice" target="_blank" rel="noopener">health situation</a> for days.</p>
<p>Some critics, including GOP lawmakers and <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=trump+austin+daily+wire&amp;sca_esv=248f942d9b8c3839&amp;ei=rd23ZaniIeWxqtsP1MqKmAk&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjp7KWSjYOEAxXlmGoFHVSlApMQ4dUDCBA&amp;uact=5&amp;oq=trump+austin+daily+wire&amp;gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiF3RydW1wIGF1c3RpbiBkYWlseSB3aXJlSPYQUI4BWPEPcAN4AJABAJgBfqABsgmqAQQwLjExuAEDyAEA-AEB4gMEGAEgQYgGAQ&amp;sclient=gws-wiz-serp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">former President Donald Trump</a>, called for Austin&#8217;s ouster. The defense secretary said he took <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/deputy-who-assumed-defense-secretarys-duties-was-not-told-about-his-hospitalization-for-days-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;full responsibility&#8221;</a> for how disclosure was handled.</p>
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<p>The White House released new guidelines for Cabinet secretaries, according to a memo <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/26/white-house-cabinet-austin-00138188" target="_blank" rel="noopener">obtained by POLITICO</a>, to enhance transparency rules when authority is delegated to a subordinate.</p>
<p>Austin&#8217;s return to the Pentagon on Monday followed <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/01/28/lloyd-austin-prostate-cancer/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a Washington Post report</a> on cancer survivors who served in the military expressing disappointment that the defense secretary did not take the opportunity to spread awareness.</p>
<p>White House officials have insisted that President Joe Biden has <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXv5EwRAKRs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;complete confidence&#8221;</a> in Austin, and they emphasized that the president plans to keep the secretary in place through the remainder of his term despite it being &#8220;not optimal&#8221; that the commander-in-chief and other leaders did not know what happened for so long.</p>

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