something. i m caitlin collins, and this is the source. it has been one week now since defense secretary lloyd austin was admitted to the icu. tonight, not only do we still not know what exactly is sitting, there we don t know why his staff did not tell the white house for days using him in the white house. but nonetheless, in intensive care. the lack of transparency from the top u.s. military official, especially while the u.s. is dealing with multiple crises around the world, has resulted in some calls for austin s resignation. the top republican on the senate armed services committee is now demanding an immediate hearing, democrats have also acknowledged a serious nature of the failure to disclose this information. they have questions as well. the white house says it will look into why officials were not informed for days, but also stressing president biden does stand behind his defense secretary. we will take a look at the process and procedure here. try to learn from t
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although lifted communications -wise. i think importantly, his chief of staff was ill in out. i spent 13 years in the pentagon. a lot of time, there and some time with what appears to be simple bureaucratic processes that work they. should i think you know, secretary austin is known for someone who really treasures his privacy. he was always that way, he was that way on active duty. he s somewhat of an introvert. he avoids the limelight, avoids publicity where every. it s not as though he was spirited away to some under s close location. he was at walter reed. the premier military medical facility, the commander at walter reed certainly knew he was there. his protective detail secretary austin protective detail certainly knew where he was. i think there is clearly a
these senior jobs, you really can help you right to privacy. and certainly the marine corps has dug the right thing from the outset, when he had his attack and i wasn t aware they had open heart surgery but the fact that has been made known publicly, that is the right way to do it. what i do hope secretary austin will do is at the appropriate time lay out to in more detail as much as that is going to go against as a personal grain of privacy, and lay out what his condition was and how he was treated and what have been. i think that will go a long way towards clearing the air. certainly odd is going to be done, i m sure that such events are properly reported. that is where you, general clapper and admirable are an agreement on that, he should come forward and talk about.