The United States Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. Complications arising from the surgery led to his hospitalization, which was initially kept from the public and even the White House and President Joe Biden for several days, triggering significant political reactions. Details about Austin’s secret hospitalization and the reactions from the Biden administration are outlined in the following RBC-Ukraine’s article. The following sources were used in the preparation of the material: the Pentagon press service, the White House, CNN, Politico, Voice of Am…