Republican lawmakers have criticised US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at a hearing for failing to disclose his prostrate cancer surgery and subsequent hospitalisation to President Joe Biden.Austin, with support from Democrats on the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee, sought to dispel accusations that his absence jeopardised national security or demonstrated any lack of influence he might have in Biden’s Democratic administration.He said at the committee hearing on Thursday that “at no time during my treatment or recovery were there any gaps in authorities”.
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