diagnosis and what happened on december 22nd today? absolutely not. this is very troubling. let me say, i think secretary austin has done a great job as secretary of defense. when you look at the coalition that he has put together to defend ukraine, the response to the israel crisis. we re in a very, very difficult set of circumstances for our national security, and he s done a great job. but there s really no excuse that i can think of for not having informed the president, number one, that you had cancer but certainly number two that he was having this surgery, that he was hospitalized. and that s the one question that we have to have answered. what did secretary austin think? why did he think that it was okay not to tell the president? i mean, secretary austin s number two in command of the military. the president s number one. it s really important that he keep him informed. he didn t in this case. and i can t imagine a plausible explanation that justifies that decision. yeah,
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diagnosed with the procedure, for that procedure, on december 22nd. for whatever reason, i can t answer the question why. that information wasn t shared. it wasn t shared widely in the department and it certainly wasn t shared it s not good. it s certainly not good. which is why again we want to learn from this. we want to make sure it doesn t happen again. the pentagon chief was later readmitted to walter reed medical center on new year s day due to complications from that prostate cancer procedure. he is still at walter reed medical center tonight, i should note. joining me here is the ranking member on the house armed services committee, democratic congressman adam smith. and congressman, thank you for being here. and obviously, i should say first and foremost that as we talk abouthis story we are wishing secretary austin a fast and complete recovery from this. obviously, this is something that affects a lot of men not just here in the united states but around the world. but o
answer the question why. that information wasn t shared. it wasn t shared widely in the department, it certainly wasn t shared. it s not good. it s certainly not good. again, we want to learn from this. we want to make sure it doesn t happen again. the pentagon chief was readmitted on new year s day due to complications from that prostate cancer procedure. he is still at the medical center tonight, i should note. joining me here is a democratic congressman adam smith. congressman, thanks for being here. i should say first and foremost, we are wishing secretary austin a fast and complete recovery from this. obviously, it s something that affects a lot of men. not just in the united states but around the world. do you believe that it s appropriate that president biden just learned about this diagnosis and what happened on december 22nd today? absolutely not.