{"id":31184,"date":"2024-02-07T16:07:26","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T16:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/02\/07\/austin-agrees-to-testify-before-congress-about-his-medical-missteps\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:43:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:43:17","slug":"austin-agrees-to-testify-before-congress-about-his-medical-missteps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/leadership\/2024\/02\/07\/austin-agrees-to-testify-before-congress-about-his-medical-missteps\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin agrees to testify before Congress about his medical missteps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin <\/a>will testify before lawmakers on Feb. 29 about the secrecy surrounding his cancer diagnosis and missteps made in informing senior administration officials about his emergency hospitalization<\/a> in January, congressional sources said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officials from the House Armed Services Committee<\/a> had initially planned to question Austin at a hearing on Feb. 14, but Austin was non-committal about appearing at that event when asked about it during a Feb. 1 press conference at the Pentagon<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Committee leaders confirmed the new date and Austin\u2019s planned attendance on Tuesday. Politico first reported the news.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Austin, 70, was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Jan. 1 after developing a urinary tract infection from complications related to prostate cancer surgery on Dec. 22.<\/p>\n\n\n\t