nations affected by this. it s an international problem. it required international response. and last night, you saw an international response. general, i want to ask about defence secretary austen, who has been hospitalised, as you know, and the president today said he had confidence in his defence secretary. how is he doing and is he still able to carry through his tasks as this operation goes on? absolutely. well, first of all, the secretary s in good condition. he is recovering well and in good spirits. he was very actively engaged throughout this operation, both overseeing and directing it. on tuesday, when the houthis conducted their complex attack in the red sea, the secretary conducted a meeting with the chairman of thejoint chiefs of staff and central commander to monitor the attack. he subsequently has had two meetings with the president and also multiple daily calls with our national security
and last night, you saw an international response. general, i want to ask about defence secretary austen, who has been hospitalised, as you know, and the president today said he had confidence in his defence secretary. how is he doing and is he still able to carry through his tasks as this operation goes on? absolutely. well, first of all, the secretary s in good condition. he s recovering well and in good spirits. he was very actively engaged throughout this operation, both overseeing and directing it. on tuesday, when the houthis conducted their complex attack in the red sea, the secretary conducted a meeting with the chairman of thejoint chiefs of staff and us central command commander to monitor the attack. he subsequently has had several two meetings, rather, with the president and also multiple daily calls with our national security adviser, with our chairman, and with the central command commander to look
larger conflict? well, what you see here is the larger conflict? well, what you see here is the houthis larger conflict? well, what you see here is the houthis attempting - larger conflict? well, what you see here is the houthis attempting to l here is the houthis attempting to exploit the situation in gaza towards their own ends. we the united states will continue to stand by israel and support into inherent of self defense. as a close partner to israel, we have since consulted with them regularly to learn more about how they conduct their operations and making very clear expectations in terms of taking civilian safety and humanitarian assistance into account. so we ll continue to do that, but at the same time, it s important to understand that the houthis are doing here is in fact attacking the international community. over50 in fact attacking the international community. over 50 nations affected by this. it s an international problem and it will require international response. y
thinks he is above the rules. i talk about this all the time with the department of defense. with the two-tiered justice system and the double standards. i had an officer reach out to me and he said he had to spend 45 minutes of his day to go on a pass outside a 40-mile radius and the secretary of defense cannot call his boss and tell him he is having surgery? it is insane. this is who is in charge of our military now and when you put it like that, it goes to show that the afghanistan withdrawal, the covert mandates, all of the other failures that has put the pentagon in a downward spiral is because of austen and his poor judgment and horrible leadership and decision-making. jesse: very poor judgment. we hope it wasn t a cosmetic procedure. thank you so much.
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