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Biden, top White House officials were not informed for days about Austin’s hospitalization
Politico ^ | 01/06/2024 | ALEXANDER WARD and LARA SELIGMAN

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: coverup; hospitalization; lloydaustin; secdef
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To: Rummyfan

Incompetent, demented, and a laughing stock...yet he’ll be pushing for 90 million votes in November.

Pray hard for some Divine intervention since it seems the GOP is useless to stop this fraudster and his gang of Marxists.


21 posted on 01/06/2024 4:42:39 PM PST by Deo volente ("When we see the image of a baby in the womb, we glimpse the majesty of God's creation." Pres. Trump)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Daily Briefing would report.

So, somebodies at the WH, did know.


22 posted on 01/06/2024 4:45:41 PM PST by linMcHlp
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To: Deo volente
Pray hard for some Divine intervention since it seems the GOP is useless to stop this fraudster and his gang of Marxists.

At this point, the only way we can win is if we get a huge lead sort of like Reagan's landslide in '84.

That's the only way to beat the fraud, I think.

23 posted on 01/06/2024 4:48:01 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Intent…U.S.S.A


24 posted on 01/06/2024 4:48:09 PM PST by SrgMcLeod999 (Nam is back now, grateful to all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas fer that.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

And he’s so incompetent no one even noticed he was gone


25 posted on 01/06/2024 4:49:56 PM PST by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Does anyone believe this BS? Another CYA to protect the WH.


26 posted on 01/06/2024 4:52:29 PM PST by kabar
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To: BipolarBob

one, giant boob


27 posted on 01/06/2024 4:55:38 PM PST by spacejunkie2001
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To: BipolarBob

Are you sure it wasn’t breast REDUCTION surgery?


28 posted on 01/06/2024 4:59:04 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (Objective: Permanently break the will of the population to ever wage war again.)
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To: MinorityRepublican
It musta been the one time he went out without his personal windshield that did him in.

Don't leave home without it!

29 posted on 01/06/2024 5:02:36 PM PST by x (I'm worried about mine freezing over and my personal windshield wipers sticking to it ...)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Hamster stuck in his colon?


30 posted on 01/06/2024 5:13:32 PM PST by shalom aleichem (Sick 'n Tired! Tell us wnat to DO about it! )
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To: MinorityRepublican

The Secretary must be important, to be missed after only 3 days. as I recall, the Secretary of Transportation was absent for two months before anyone noticed


31 posted on 01/06/2024 5:19:41 PM PST by j.havenfarm (23 years on Free Republic, 12/22/23! More than 8,000 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: ryderann
Betcha Obama was told.

+1.

32 posted on 01/06/2024 5:27:31 PM PST by Major Matt Mason (To solve the Democrat problem, the RINO problem must first be solved.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

I’m beginning to think this is a mental health issue maybe a possible suicide attempt.


33 posted on 01/06/2024 5:34:00 PM PST by pfflier
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To: MinorityRepublican

Why further confuse El Retardo? He can’t even distinguish his right from his left. Why would he be needed in the case of Austin’s illness? Why would Austin be needed whether he was ill or not? He’s absolutely useless.


34 posted on 01/06/2024 5:48:09 PM PST by EinNYC
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To: kabar
Does anyone believe this BS? Another CYA to protect the WH.

Correct. The White House would be informed of any such personnel being out of pocket, and who would be the one signing off on documents in their absence.

35 posted on 01/06/2024 5:50:43 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: stoneyhll

Again?


36 posted on 01/06/2024 6:00:16 PM PST by lee martell
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To: x

Darth Vader?


37 posted on 01/06/2024 6:02:32 PM PST by lee martell
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To: MinorityRepublican

I guess Austin told people to keep it secret.

Meaning, he recognizes how unimportant and useless he is.


38 posted on 01/06/2024 6:06:00 PM PST by detch (")
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To: MinorityRepublican

Who cares if lardass is in the hospital ... it’s better than him being on the job surrendering to the Afghan jihadis and conspiring with the CJCOS.


39 posted on 01/06/2024 6:25:22 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (We used to be a Republic, we are now a Fascist Klepto-Thugocracy.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

bull


40 posted on 01/06/2024 6:28:59 PM PST by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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