last meeting with president biden occurred on december 21st, a tuesday, more than a week before he began to experience sym symptoms. he tested negative that morning, of the day he met with the president. he has not been in the pentagon since thursday for a very brief meeting, he said everyone was masked and socially distanced. you know, austin has been really taking the lead in the public arena at the pentagon to urge to ha happen, to urge troops to get vaccinated, really his message on how important that is. anybody like the secretary of defense, the business of the u.s. military will go on. he has a full communication suite at home, he can participate virtually in meetings. he can be on the phone with the president, with any of the