‘I did not handle this right’: Austin apologizes for handling of hospitalization



In his first briefing since his health scare, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin apologized for the secrecy surrounding his hospitalization for prostate cancer treatment and pledged to be more transparent in the future.

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25 comments

  1. Good work. Much appreciated.

  2. TOO BAD you didn't feel pain in your pea size consciense for all the 100's of THOUSANDS of people who have died due to your "handling" things.
    Pride goeth before the fall, Gen. RAYTHEON Austin.

  3. BIG SURPRISE, how well did you "handle" that $500. MILLION you spent training Syrian "rebels" When you testified in Congress when they asked you how many did you train, you said. "4, 4 or 5 in the fight."
    Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa I'd trust you with….

    NOTHING.

  4. Did he say he is grateful to Walter reed?
    He must get preferential TX

  5. From one soldier to another….change your socks, powder your feet, drink water, take a Ranger Candy, and see you tomorrow at first formation. If you're not early, you're late.

  6. “This isn’t the end” – Lloyd Austin

  7. If they can forgive Trump for trying to overthrow his own government, then ee can certainly forgive you for doing what you did giving your circumstances.

  8. He's forgiven, but no need for the public to know 😮

  9. I believe there was good reason why he did not inform the American people

  10. Get yourselves checked guys

  11. Y should u justify ur health to anyone? I just dont understand y u had to make a public statement, thats ur personal business!A simple statement to d President shouldbhavevbeen enough!

  12. Just another player in the illegitimate Biden DEI clown show!

  13. We forgive you sir your a human and capable of mistakes but your health is way more important than people's criticism

  14. With taking responsibility comes 'accountability.' In the real world, many of us get fired for not showing up to work and informing our bosses why. But then again, what applies to regular folks doesn't apply to people in Washington, does it?!

  15. Good. Now step down and allow a REAL leader to step up.

  16. 🤔 this guy has been diagnosed with too many diseases he's going to croak on us real soon… Let's fire him and hire somebody else

  17. You handled it like your border policies, truth be told 🤷‍♂️!

  18. We need to fire this guy…. He's no good to us sick….. There's a lot of things going on with Iran… This guy is not worried he's more worried about his prostate than anything else…. hire somebody else and get somebody who's concentrating on what's happening in the world with the United States and Iran

  19. Prayers for Mr. Austin and his family..strong man to come back and work after treatments 🙏