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the us defence secretary is one of the most powerful members of the cabinet, as you said. it's somebody who's expected to be constantly available, yet this us defence secretary not only kept the white house in the dark about his cancer diagnosis, he also kept them in the dark about the fact that he was in hospital being treated for it. his deputy, to whom he assigned some duties whilst he was in hospital, wasn't aware of herself that he was being treated in the hospital at the time. all of this of course at a time when the united states has interest and conflicts in the middle east and in ukraine, the middle east and in ukraine, the sort of matter is that very much affect the us defence secretary. congress wasn't informed of the defence secretary's hospitalisation until friday last week.