Answer the question why. that information wasn t shared. it wasn t shared widely in the department, it certainly wasn t shared. it s not good. it s certainly not good. again, we want to learn from this. we want to make sure it doesn t happen again. the pentagon chief was readmitted on new year s day due to complications from that prostate cancer procedure. he is still at the medical center tonight, i should note. joining me here is a democratic congressman adam smith. congressman, thanks for being here. i should say first and foremost, we are wishing secretary austin a fast and complete recovery from this. obviously, it s something that affects a lot of men. not just in the united states but around the world. do you believe that it s appropriate that president biden just learned about this diagnosis and what happened on december 22nd today? absolutely not.