美国总统乔·拜登对国防部长劳埃德·奥斯汀没有更快得到通知感到恼火持续住院治疗一名美国官员告诉ABC新闻，五角大楼正在提供一些关于奥斯汀健康问题的新细节。

这位美国官员表示，将对奥斯汀的医疗情况被披露的不寻常方式进行审查，有人可能会失去工作。

白宫公开支持奥斯汀，一名政府官员周日告诉美国广播公司新闻，拜登“对国务卿奥斯汀充满信心”，并“期待他回到五角大楼”。

总统和奥斯汀也在周六晚上发表了讲话，并进行了白宫官员所说的“热烈的交谈”

然而，这位美国官员说，白宫助手对奥斯汀在马里兰州贝塞斯达沃尔特里德国家军事医疗中心住院的信息缺乏感到愤怒。(白宫对此没有进一步的评论。)

令人沮丧的是，另一名美国官员周六向美国广播公司证实，白宫直到周四晚上才得知奥斯汀住院的消息——三天前，他在元旦晚上因“一个小的选择性手术”引起的并发症住院。

据美国广播公司周六报道，国会于周五下午首次接到奥斯汀住院的通知，不久后五角大楼在一份新闻稿中公布了这一消息。

关于这位70岁的国家最高国防官员健康问题的信息被分享的时间表，在政府内外引发了质疑。

周日晚些时候，五角大楼发言人首次提供了奥斯汀如何在沃尔特里德医院接受重症监护的日常细节。

在最初提供给美国广播公司新闻的一份声明中，少将帕特·赖德说，奥斯汀在12月22日进行了选择性手术，然后第二天就回家了。

赖德说，1月1日，“他开始感到剧痛，并被送回”沃尔特·里德医院。

“出于隐私原因，我们无法提供更多信息。他被安排在医院的重症监护室，以确保可以立即进入...由于他的医疗需要，但后来仍然留在那个地方，部分原因是医院空间和隐私的考虑，”赖德说。

据这位美国官员说，奥斯汀的副手凯瑟琳·希克斯(Kathleen Hicks)事先没有得到通知，他住院时正在波多黎各度假，这位美国官员也描述了拜登的愤怒。

这名官员说，她必须被带到一个安全的地方，以帮助代替她的老板

赖德在周日的另一份声明中说，奥斯汀“恢复良好，精神状态良好”，并补充说，官员们“目前没有他释放的具体日期。”秘书在星期五晚上恢复了他的职责。

一位美国官员说，虽然白宫几天来一直蒙在鼓里，但参谋长联席会议主席小CQ·布朗将军(general James Brown Jr .)周二得到通知，奥斯汀前一天晚上住院了。

奥斯汀周六表示道歉，在一份声明中说，他“本可以做得更好，确保公众得到适当的信息。我致力于做得更好。”

“但这是很重要的说:这是我的医疗程序，我对我的决定承担全部责任，”他说。

由奥斯汀领导的五角大楼目前卷入了几个重大的国际问题，包括与以色列-哈马斯战争有关的中东紧张局势——这导致美国在该地区部署更多的军事资产——以及支持乌克兰抗击俄罗斯从2022年开始的入侵。

Lloyd Austin was hospitalized after 'experiencing severe pain,' Pentagon says

President Joe Biden was exasperated at not more quickly being informed of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin'songoing hospitalization-- which was only publicly revealed late last week after several days -- a U.S. official tells ABC News as the Pentagon is providing some new details about Austin's health issues.

The U.S. official said that there will be a review of the unusual way in which Austin's medical treatment was disclosed and someone could lose their job.

The White House is publicly standing by Austin, with one administration official telling ABC News on Sunday that Biden "has full confidence in Secretary Austin" and is "looking forward to him being back at the Pentagon."

The president and Austin also spoke Saturday evening and had what the White House official called a "warm conversation."

However, the U.S. official said White House aides were angered at the lack of information about Austin being hospitalized at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. (The White House did not have further comment for this story.)

The frustration comes as another U.S. official confirmed to ABC News on Saturday that the White House did not learn about Austin's hospitalization until Thursday night -- three days after he was hospitalized on the night of New Year's Day for complications resulting from what was characterized as "a minor, elective procedure."

Congress was first notified of Austin's hospitalization on Friday afternoon, shortly before it was made public in a Pentagon news release, ABC News reported on Saturday.

The timeline of information being shared about the health problems of the country's top defense official, who is 70 years old, has raised questions inside and outside of the government.

Later on Sunday, a Pentagon spokesperson for the first time provided day-by-day details of how Austin came to be in intensive care at Walter Reed.

In a statement initially provided exclusively to ABC News, Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said that Austin had his elective procedure on Dec. 22 and then went home the next day.

On Jan. 1, "he began experiencing severe pain and was transported" back to Walter Reed, Ryder said.

"For privacy reasons, we're not able to provide additional information. He was placed in the hospital's intensive care unit to ensure immediate access ... due to his medical needs, but then remained in that location in part due to hospital space considerations and privacy," Ryder said.

Kathleen Hicks, Austin's deputy, was not informed in advance and was on vacation in Puerto Rico when he was hospitalized, according to the U.S. official who also described Biden's exasperation.

She had to be taken to a secure location to help fill in for her boss, this official said

Austin "is recovering well and in good spirits," Ryder said in another statement on Sunday, adding that officials "do not have a specific date for his release at this time." The secretary resumed his duties on Friday night.

While the White House was in the dark for days, according to officials, Gen. CQ Brown Jr., the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was informed on Tuesday that Austin had been hospitalized the night before, one U.S. official said.

Austin offered a mea culpa on Saturday, saying in a statement that he "could have done a better job ensuring the public was appropriately informed. I commit to doing better."

"But this is important to say: this was my medical procedure, and I take full responsibility for my decisions about disclosure," he said.

The Pentagon, led by Austin, is currently embroiled in several major international issues including tensions in the Middle East related to the Israel-Hamas war -- which led to the U.S. deploying increased military assets to the region -- and supporting Ukraine as it battles a Russian invasion that began in 2022.