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Who Is in Charge Here? White House Not Notified of Defense Sec. Austin's Hospitalization for Days

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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was hospitalized on New Year's Day for 'complications following an elective medical procedure', but the White House -- and President Biden -- were not informed until January 4th.

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Austin is a cabinet member, and sixth in line for the presidency.

Someone dropped the ball here. Big time.

Politico writes:

The Pentagon did not tell President Joe Biden and other top officials about Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization for three days, three U.S. officials said.

National security adviser Jake Sullivan and other senior White House aides didn’t know of Austin’s Jan. 1 hospitalization until the Defense Department sent over word Jan. 4, two other U.S. officials said. Sullivan informed Biden shortly after DOD’s Thursday notification.

The officials said it was highly unlikely that Austin conveyed word to Biden privately before Sullivan’s briefing. “If Jake didn’t know, no way the president knew,” one of them said. “Who would have told him of Austin’s condition if not Jake? And if someone did tell the president, Jake would’ve been his first call.”

Mentioned about halfway through the story is the fact Austin spent four days in the ICU.

So this wasn't just a cold. It was serious.

Someone messed up and didn't do their job.

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Absolutely unacceptable.

Sen. Rick Scott was not happy about this news.

We agree with this. The public doesn't necessarily need to know this, but the White House did.

Just incredible stuff.

Exactly.

There were also security risks from having him in the ICU. Were other protocols followed?

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How about all of them? They're all dysfunctional and incompetent.

Will there be consequences?

Probably not.

This requires competent people, who are sorely lacking in this administration.

Yes they are.

Given how they've massively failed their annual audits, they're probably not going to care about the missing rifles or tank engines.

See? Great minds think alike.

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Because they're not the brightest crayons in the box.

Absolutely bonkers.

Concerning doesn't even begin to cover it. As we said, the public didn't have to necessarily be made aware of this, but the White House should have known, immediately.

We're so glad the adults are back in charge, a return to norms, and all that. Under a Republican, this would be a scandal, but under Biden, it gets barely a shrug.


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