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U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin holds a bilateral meeting with NATO Secretary Jens Stoltenberg at the Pentagon in Washington, U.S., January 29, 2024. 

Leah Millis | Reuters

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin apologized Thursday for concealing his hospitalization and cancer diagnosis.

“I should have told the President about my cancer diagnosis. I should have also told my team and the American public and I take full responsibility,” Austin said in a briefing with reporters.

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