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•US Defence Secretary Austin cancels Nato meetings amid return to hospital
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Lloyd Austin has been admitted to hospital for the third time in as many months .
The 70-year-old is in a critical care unit in a Washington DC area hospital.
Defence Secretary's duties have been transferred to his deputy.
He has faced scrutiny over the secrecy of previous hospital admissions.
Mr Austin failed to disclose his prostate cancer diagnosis in December .
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