how concerning it is given the world that we re living in always, but right now that on december 22nd he s under general anesthesia and just the idea of what could have happened that day had there been something urgent that happened either here at home or overseas. absolutely. we have a clear chain of command. the secretary of defense has clear authorities, by the way, on a number of different areas. he has the authority to decide when to do strikes in different parts of the world. so if he s incapacitated then he needs to pass that authority clearly off to somebody else. and obviously the president, the commander in chief needs to know who has that authority at any given time. the house armed services committee chairman mike rogers has launched a formal inquiry into this. they are asking for documents to understand what happened here, the communications breakdown. is that an inquiry that you support, congressman? i don t think there s any question what happened here.
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advisor knowing about it, or, frankly, other leaders at the department of defense, it s not the way this is supposed to happen. trace: medically, ethnically, did this need to be kept private? well, he was evidently on personal leave when this happened, whatever that means for someone who is secretary of defense. but he was under general anesthesia, and he was certainly on some sort of opioids, most likely, as part of that general anesthesia. so he s going to be loopy during the procedure. i think probably the doctor s and he had the expectation that this was going to be a 23-hour hospitalization. in and out quick, do it before the holidays, and it just ended up being more involved with this complication about a week and half later. trace: a lot of questions still need to be answered. dr. marty makary, great of you to come on. we appreciate it. first up into nights real news
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