Lawmakers demand answers after Defense Secretary Austin delayed disclosing his hospitalization

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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has come under scrutiny from a growing number of congressional lawmakers who are demanding answers after the Defense Department delayed informing administration officials, Congress and the public about his hospitalization. The Pentagon waited three days after Austin arrived at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to inform senior officials in the White House’s National Security Council of Austin’s condition, including that he had spent four days in the intensive care unit, a U.S. official previously confirmed to NBC News. Austin’s deputy, Kathleen Hicks, who was on vacation in Puerto Rico at the time, learned about his...