the white house is vowing to review and if needed reform the process and procedures surrounding defense secretary lloyd austin s hospital stay. he is facing bipartisan criticism for taking three days to notify president biden and top officials that he was admitted to the icu on new year s day. here is what we know, austin had a undisclosed elective procedure december 22nd and released the next day. on january 1st he had severe pain and an ambulance rushed him to the icu at walter reed medical center. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff was notified the next day, january 2nd. the same day that kathleen hicks assumed some of austin s duties. she was not told he was hospitalized until january 4th, which was also the day president biden found out.