The blows keep coming.
In a shocking revelation, the Pentagon admitted on Friday that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was hospitalized at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Monday for four days after complications resulting from elective surgery.
Secretary Austin, 70, spent four days in the ICU (intensive care unit) and his deputy had to take over, according to NBC News.
The Pentagon still refuses to release details of Lloyd Austin's health concerns. It is not clear what the elective procedure is.
Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks – who was on vacation and on vacation in Puerto Rico (and perhaps under the influence of alcohol) – was to take over for Lloyd Austin.
Kathleen Hicks
The official said, according to NBC News, that Hicks “maintained full contact with Department of Defense personnel at all times.” “She monitored the daily operations of the Department of Defense and conducted some routine work.”
Lloyd Austin on Saturday issued a statement about his secret hospitalization and did not explain his failure to inform Joe Biden or Congress of his hospitalization.
According to CNN, the Deputy Secretary of Defense did not even know that Lloyd Austin had been hospitalized when she took over his duties.
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National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan was also not informed until Thursday that Lloyd Austin had been hospitalized.
“When the Deputy Secretary of Defense began assuming some of the responsibilities of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on January 2, she didn't even know it was because Austin was hospitalized,” two defense officials told CNN. – CNN reported.
“[Hicks,] He, who was on vacation in Puerto Rico at the time, was not informed of Austin's hospitalization until the afternoon of Jan. 4, defense officials said. The outlet reported.
