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>> i only ask that because you know him. he was a classmate at west point. >> what i would say is he may have been going in for a 25-minute elective surgery, and i can think of dozens of those that could have been happening. it was when that elective surgery had complications that he was asked to stay in the hospital. the fact that he was on that call tells me his team was with him, it could have been at the hospital, from his home or wherever. these kind of individuals, these very important people in the department of defense have constant contact with the authorities. so no matter where he g...

Deputy secretary of defense kathleen hicks did not know that he was incapacitated last week. he was admitted to walter reed last week after complications from an elective surgery. natasha bertrand and arlette saenz are gathering more details. and how were so many top officials kept in the dark about what was happening? >> well, that is really the big question that we have right now, fredricka, is whose information is this to keep it from the public and also from the white house for roughly three days after secretary austin was first transferred into austin reed hospital to receive treatment fo...

Strike in iraq on thursday will often was in the hospital and of course u.s. navy warships continue shooting down those drones in the red sea. critics wonder it with everything going on in the world right now why the defense secretary would choose to have an elective surgery right now. officials say the white house was not informed including president biden on austin's absence for over three days for republicans on capitol hill are angerangry the defense secretars missing in action without informing his chain of command. >> apparently national security council did not know it. the white house ...

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The defense secretary went into the hospital on Jan. 1, the Pentagon announced.