Posted 1/8/2024, 11:27:00 PM
Questions Raised Over Delayed Disclosure of Defense Secretary Austin's Hospitalization
- White House and Pentagon to review why Biden and officials weren't told for days that Austin was hospitalized
- Austin went to hospital Dec. 22 for an "elective procedure" and gave some authorities to deputy
- Austin taken back to hospital Jan. 1, put in intensive care; White House informed Jan. 4
- Pentagon acknowledges failures in transparency, says chief of staff didn't inform White House because she had the flu
- Some Republicans call for Austin's resignation over lack of disclosure, but White House says he retains Biden's confidence