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About lhis decision to keep his hospitalization secret for days. the white house did not know he was hospitalized until days after he was admitted and according to the pentagon, he had the elective procedure on december 22nd and went home the next day, and then on january 1st, he was taken to walter reed after, quote, severe pain. he was admitted to the, icu. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff was notified the next day. u au austins deputy took some of his responsibilities the next day, a...

Welcome back. we turn to a story that really dominated washington the last couple of days. secretary of defense lloyd austin is facing real backlash for not disclosing his recent hospitalization. austin was admitted to the intensive care unit at the water read hospital last week but it wasnt released until friday. he experienced severe pain from an elective medical procedure he had done last month. now senior biden administration officials are telling nbc news why they waited three days to tell ...

Taken a commercial for six days. this functional white house the president is so unworthy of the position. ainsley: we hope is he okay sorry is he in pain. we wish him all the best. the ways this with a handled is doorly. you have to tell other people in the hospital when you are in the hospital when you are in charge of our national security. >> steve: pretty much. >> ainsley: this is the headline, someones head has to roll. they go on to say not telling the white house congress or the media he...

Suggest is the communication was intact. i know from a senior leaders perspective even as a three-star general, i had a commo team with me every day. there are no days off. youre working 24/7. secretary austin has a much more intense schedule than i ever had. thats wherever he is. his staff knew where he was. as i understand it, he was constantly communicating with the right people, but he was in pain, and he was being treated for that, and what i think is he knows he made a mistake. he admitted...

Know where he is. he has performed poorly and should have been let go long ago. >> brian: the i recognize the media concerns about transparency and do have done a better job, you think? i commit to doing better but this is important to say this. was my medical procedure and i take full responsibility for my decisions about disclosure. the other thing surprised lawrence, accountability is drilled into you. this guy is a general. at war. it is not like we are in the middle of a contentious situati...

Pur purposes. already youre seeing a lot of republicans demanding accountability on capitol hill. youre seeing democrats demand accountability too. both the top democrat as well as republican leadership on the arms services committee is saying this is unacceptable. people at the white house are saying that was unacceptable. and austin trying to make clear within the last couple days that that was his decision and, not the white houses. were starting to see more details emerge from the pentagon, ...

Duty, and the secretary and the administration frankly need to step forward and give the american people the facts. >> thats former vice president mike pence. with us now, a former military general, and we just heard abigail stanberger say its not appropriate how this was handled. do you agree? >> i do agree with that. i think secretary austin did make a mistake or his staff made a mistake in not notifying the correct people, but i think well learn more about this when he is released and hes all...

Alert. lloyd austin, defense secretary, remains in the hospital. officials were not told the extent of his condition. this is concerning. >> brooke: defense secretary lloyd austin has been in the hospital for eight days now. pentagon officials were unaware for several days. major general patrick ryder said on friday, december 22nd, lloyd austin underwent an elective medical procedure. he was on leave. he returned home on the 23rd. evening of the 21st he was transported back and admitted to inten...

Extraordinary about this story? >> i think it is unknown what medical procedure he had complications. it depicts biden administration that is aloof and if a person goes missing, no big deal, we dont need to bother the president with this. the first impression. second impression, the secretary is overweight, good chance he has diabetes. everybody gets older or has health problems. even elective procedure could lead to infection and be life-threatening. if you dont tell people the truth, they spec...

Leader in baghdad last thursday. can you put this together and explain to us maybe the significance of the commander-in-chief not knowing? whats up with that? >> well, certainly a breakdown here in the established reporting protocols for principles involved in our government. normally these are just routinely handled staff to staff. so, for example, if a principle was home with a virus, flu, covid, thats reported. is the principle able to perform duties while doing that? thats reported as well. ...