No $@#%, Sherlock. What was your first clue, Mr. U.S. Official?
What a clown show.
Posted on 01/06/2024 4:18:33 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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.”
All officials and other people who spoke for this story were granted anonymity to discuss a sensitive issue.
The news of Austin’s situation came as a shock to all White House staff as they were unaware the Pentagon boss was dealing with complications following an elective medical procedure, the officials said. National Security Council staffers were surprised it took the Pentagon so long to let them know of Austin’s status. The Pentagon didn’t make the information public until Friday evening, notifying Congress about 15 minutes before releasing a public statement.
“This should not have happened this way,” said one of the U.S. officials. The NSC and Pentagon declined comment.
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Why tell Biden? It’s not like he’s important or anything or running the show.
White House interns are demanding Biden to call for a cease-fire in Gaza. The Secretary of Defense did not notify Biden that he was in the ICU. So who’s running the show at the White House?
No $@#%, Sherlock. What was your first clue, Mr. U.S. Official?
What a clown show.
Guess “they” weren’t missed huh?
Biden administration is giving bumbling incompetents a bad name.
Betcha Obama was told.
Don't worry, the REAL leader has his hands firmly on the game controller.
Damn, you beat me by ONE second!
And yet no word on Mr. Austins Breast Implant Surgery?
The Pentagon was waiting to see if they needed to activate the Austin MimicBot.
He was neutered
Biden would only care if it was regarding a pre pubescent girl he could shower with..of course they all knew imagine if this had happened under trump it would be wall to wall coverage …my guess is the dude got a sex change and they out the puss in the wrong spot and he got complications
Pentagon, FBI and CIA are running the show.
Can’t wait to see who does the next WH Press Conference.
Part and parcel with everything and everyone in this administration. Incompetence from top to bottom and horizontally too.
This is sloppy. Unprofessional. And a threat to the Nation. Of course these folks are democrats so they don’t really give a damn about the country anyhow... just more proof of what we already know.
vaginaplasty? ooh yuck.
Traitorjoe wouldn't remember it five minutes later anyway.
The question is - Did Traitorjoe's puppetmasters know?
The Pentagon, the FBI and the CIA may feel like they didn't need to know. If so, interesting.
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