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Defense Secretary Hospitalized After Complications From Elective Procedure
New York Times ^ | Jan. 5, 2024, 6:45 p.m. ET | Helene Cooper

Posted on 01/05/2024 5:45:02 PM PST by Olog-hai

Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III has been in the hospital since Monday, after complications from a recent elective medical procedure, the Pentagon said on Friday.

Maj. Gen. Patrick S. Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, declined to elaborate on the source of Mr. Austin’s medical issues, citing patient privacy. …

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: austin; electivesurgery; hospitalization; lloydaustin; secdef
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1 posted on 01/05/2024 5:45:02 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Because of his position, he has no such right to privacy...why make people guess


2 posted on 01/05/2024 5:46:23 PM PST by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Olog-hai

His new vagina got infected?


3 posted on 01/05/2024 5:47:31 PM PST by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Roberor thert Heinlein)
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To: Olog-hai

stomach stapled side effects ?


4 posted on 01/05/2024 5:49:32 PM PST by butlerweave
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To: Olog-hai

Above top secret—special access only...

Lol.


5 posted on 01/05/2024 5:50:26 PM PST by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: Olog-hai
Elective procedure?


6 posted on 01/05/2024 5:50:36 PM PST by Fresh Wind (Nothing says "democracy" like trying to throw your opponent in jail.)
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To: mrmeyer

If only they could have implanted a brain.


7 posted on 01/05/2024 5:51:10 PM PST by hardspunned (Former DC GOP globalist stooge)
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To: mrmeyer

Maybe they couldn’t find his head, that was firmly lodged, way up inside his .... backside.


8 posted on 01/05/2024 5:51:38 PM PST by Jane Long (What we were told was a conspiracy theory in ‘20 is now fact. Land of the sheep, home of the knaves)
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To: Olog-hai

Got his morality chip removed.


9 posted on 01/05/2024 5:51:59 PM PST by Jonty30 (In a nuclear holocaust, there is always a point in time where the meat is cooked to perfection. )
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To: Olog-hai
I’m guessing it was liposuction.


10 posted on 01/05/2024 5:53:46 PM PST by Apparatchik (Русские свиньи, идите домой!)
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To: mrmeyer

Too funny. I expect to see him dressed as an admiral


11 posted on 01/05/2024 5:55:41 PM PST by DeplorablePaul
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To: Olog-hai

Did he get a sex change is his name now Linda


12 posted on 01/05/2024 5:56:01 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Olog-hai

Is the vax an elective procedure?


13 posted on 01/05/2024 5:56:08 PM PST by DouglasKC
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To: Apparatchik

He’s 6’4. So he looks like he could hold 300 pounds easily. In that picture he looks like a defensive tackle in the NFL.


14 posted on 01/05/2024 5:57:17 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: Olog-hai

Breast implants.


15 posted on 01/05/2024 5:57:38 PM PST by glorgau
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To: Olog-hai

The real story here is that the Deputy Defense Secretary was prepared to act in his place this week and that Austin was expected to return to full duties today.

In other words the US Secretary of Defense was incapacitated this week.


16 posted on 01/05/2024 5:57:54 PM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER REV. NIEMOLLER)
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To: Olog-hai

And if he was not in the military, and the ‘elective’ procedure was needed during the height of the Plandemic, would he have to wait like so many others?


17 posted on 01/05/2024 5:57:59 PM PST by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try)
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To: Olog-hai

$ on gastric bypass or sex change. 50/50.


18 posted on 01/05/2024 5:59:14 PM PST by Dogbert41 (“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God” -Matthew 5:9)
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To: Nextrush

Who allowed the Sec Def to get elective surgery during the brink of WWIII?


19 posted on 01/05/2024 6:00:35 PM PST by Dogbert41 (“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God” -Matthew 5:9)
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To: mrmeyer

Trouble with the Analcranialectomy?


20 posted on 01/05/2024 6:00:40 PM PST by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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