Defense Secretary Austin to face House grilling over secret hospitalization

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Lloyd Austin to face grilling from lawmakers over secret hospital visits
An internal Pentagon report on Austin's absence left many questions hanging
By Anders Hagstrom Fox News
Published February 29, 2024 6:48am EST

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will face a grilling from lawmakers in his first appearance before Congress since his secretive hospital visits in January.

Austin will appear before the GOP-controlled House Armed Services Committee. Several lawmakers on the committee have blasted the secretary both for not informing Congress of his days-long hospital visit, but also for keeping President Biden in the dark.

Lawmakers are concerned the secretive move could have caused a breakdown in the chain of command stretching from the White House to the Pentagon. While Austin insists he transferred authority to a secretary during his hospital visit, concerns remain given he informed none of his superiors of the move.

Austin's frequent hospital visits come thanks to a prostate cancer diagnosis, which he received in December. The offending hospital visit came on January 1, when he was taken to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center via ambulance. He was soon transferred to intensive care.

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Kristina Wong 🇺🇸
@kristina_wong
@SecDef is about to testify to Congress about being hospitalized for four days before telling President Biden, the National Security Adviser, and his own deputy. He waited an additional day before telling Congress -- who has oversight of the DOD -- and the American public.

WATCH HERE: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZKdg6H71dbo
9:45 AM · Feb 29, 2024

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As Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin begs Congress for grace and forgiveness after his unauthorized absence was exposed earlier this year, he REFUSED to give that same grace to the 8,600 service members he kicked out due to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate!

GAETZ: “Now that you see how personal medical decisions are, will you call for the re-recruitment, restoration of full rank and back pay for the 8,600 service members who were vax-mandated out of the military?”

AUSTIN:  “No, I won’t.”

https://twitter.com/RepMattGaetz/status/1763243788389028248

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Austin came across as an arrogant, prissy, and selfish hypocrite.  Cudos to Gaetz for making him squirm...the biblical quote was epic!

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Joe Gooding 💯🇺🇸
@joegooding
8,600 military members were wrongly discharged from the military while Secretary Austin got to hide his hospitalization for prostate cancer for weeks. The personal choice to decline vaccines was shoved down the throats of those who believe in freedom.
4:46 PM · Mar 1, 2024