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White House didn't know about Lloyd Austin's hospitalization

The Pentagon said Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is out of intensive care after spending at least four days there last week for complications from an elective procedure performed before Christmas. But many questions about his illness remain, including why he waited days to inform President Biden or announce publicly that he had been hospitalized. Nick Schifrin reports.

White House didn't know about Lloyd Austin's hospitalization

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