Protection Secretary Lloyd Austin on Thursday fielded questions from reporters in his first press convention since his secret hospitalization.
In an appalling revelation, the Pentagon earlier this month admitted Secretary of Protection Lloyd Austin was hospitalized at Walter Reed Nationwide Army Medical Middle following problems from ‘elective surgical procedure’ – it seems Lloyd Austin had prostate most cancers and hid it from the Biden White Home.
Austin underwent a process for prostate most cancers on December 22. He was under general anesthesia for the Dec. 22 prostate most cancers process however not when he was handled within the ICU after January 1.
As TGP’s Kristinn Taylor reported, Secretary Austin, 70, was secretly taken again to the hospital by ambulance on New Yr’s Day from problems of the surgical procedure and spent greater than every week within the ICU (intensive care unit) at Walter Reed Nationwide Army Medical Middle and his deputy needed to take over his duties.
Deputy Secretary of Protection Kathleen Hicks – who was on go away and on trip in Puerto Rico (and probably boozing) – needed to take over Lloyd Austin’s duties.
Kathleen Hicks
Lloyd Austin beforehand launched a statement on his secret hospitalization and didn’t clarify his failure to tell Joe Biden or Congress about his hospitalization.
Austin was discharged from a 2-week hospital keep in mid-January.
Lloyd Austin defended his determination to maintain his medical emergency and incapacitation a secret from high-ranking members of the chief department and Congress.
“Frankly, my first intuition was to maintain it non-public. I don’t suppose it’s information that I’m a fairly non-public man,” Lloyd Austin instructed Pentagon reporters.
Austin stated he by no means directed his workers to maintain his situation from senior officers or the general public.
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Protection Sec. Lloyd Austin insists he by no means directed his workers to maintain his situation from senior officers or the general public.
He doesn’t reply if anybody has been disciplined for hiding his situation. pic.twitter.com/1MTgbiCieR
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Austin couldn’t clarify why his staffer instructed the ambulance “no lights, no sirens.”
In response to the alarming New Yr’s Day 911 name, Secretary Austin’s aide requested the dispatcher to ship an ambulance with ‘no lights or sirens’ as a result of they had been making an attempt to ‘stay delicate.’
The 911 name reveals a minimum of one in all Secretary Austin’s aides was conscious of his grave situation as everybody in Biden’s orbit was saved at midnight. It’s unclear which aide dialed 911.
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In a 911 name on January 1, an aide to Protection Sec. Lloyd Austin requested:
“Can I ask that the ambulance not present up with lights and sirens? We’re making an attempt to stay a bit of delicate…”
The Biden administration proceeded to cowl up Austin’s incapacitation for greater than every week. pic.twitter.com/wXFTCNru3t
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Austin refused to reply questions concerning the 911 name.
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Protection Sec. Lloyd Austin can’t clarify why his workers instructed the ambulance “no lights, no sirens.”
Repeatedly all through this press convention, Austin does not reply questions on who knew what when. pic.twitter.com/qDrBTU20uv
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One reporter confronted Austin: “Anybody else inside the navy chain of command would have confronted reprimand and even dismissal. Why shouldn’t that very same normal apply to you?”
Austin thanked the reporter for the query after which doesn’t reply.
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Reporter: “Anybody else inside the navy chain of command would have confronted reprimand and even dismissal. Why should not that very same normal apply to you?”
Protection Sec. Lloyd Austin says “thanks for the query” after which doesn’t reply. pic.twitter.com/wbF4da1IHD
— RNC Analysis (@RNCResearch) February 1, 2024