On Sunday we wrote about SecDef Austin's mystery hospital stay, speculating it was something embarrassingly personal. It turns out we were correct. It was announced late today the issue was a diagnosis and surgical treatment of prostate cancer.
These are relatively common late in life for men (biological women have no such gland). Some are treated surgically, others are "managed," and many diagnosed in early stages are merely "watched' with the expectation the elderly patient is unlikely to live long enough for the slow-growing tumor to become a problem.
Whatever you think of his performance as SecDef, please join me in wishing Secretary Austin a speedy and complete recovery from his illness. Whether his bureaucratic "health" can recover is another matter entirely.
