Committee will come to order. Mr. Secretary, thank you for being here today. Let me start by saying we all here wish you a full and speedy recovery. We understand you are still recovering and sitting too long is not the best thing for your help, so in consultation with the Ranking Member, we have agreed to limit your appearance today to two hours. To get to as many questions as possible, i ask unanimous consent to reduce the time for questions to 4 minutes. Without objection, so ordered. Members, if we cannot get to you today, please submit your questions for the record, and the secretary assures he will get answers to those back in a timely fashion. , also the secretary will be back in about a month to testify again, so you will have another opportunity in that time. The reason we have asked you here today is not to discuss your health. We are here today to determine why the president was not immediately informed of your incapacitation. The timeline, as we understand it, is this. On t
House Armed Services committee on cspan three. Is the hearing will come to order. We wish you a full and speedy recovery. We understand that you are recovering and sitting for to long, and sitting is not good for your health. We agreed to your request to limit your appearance today to two hours. To get to as many questions as possible, unanimous consent to reduce comment to four minutes. So ordered. If we cannot get to you today, please submits your questions for the record and the secretary has sured us that hell get answers to that in a timely fashion. The secretary will be in about a month to testify again. So youll have another opportunity to at that time. Mr. Secretary, the reason that weve asked you here today is not to discuss your health. Year here to determine why the president was not immediately informed of your incapacitation. The timeline as we understood it is this, on the evening of january 1st, secretary austin was transported to the hospital via ambulance for complicat
Is the hearing will come to order. We wish you a full and speedy recovery. We understand that you are recovering and sitting for to long, and sitting is not good reed to your request to limit your appearance today to two hours. To get to possible, unanimous consent to reduce comment to four minutes. So ordered. If we cannot get to you today, please submits your questions for the record and the secretary has sured us that hell get answthat in a timely fashion. The secretary will be in about a month so youll have another opportunity to at that reason that weve asked you here today is not to discuss your health. Year here to determine why the president was not immediately informed of your incapacitation. The timeline as we understood it ison the evening of january 1st, secretary austin was transported to the hospital via ambulance for complications from a surgical procedure he had on december 22nd. On the afternoon of january 2nd, the seconds authorities 7k were transferred to deputy secr
U. S. Defense general lloyd austin testified before the House Armed Services committee on his failure to immediately notify the white house about his december 2023 hospitalization. Secretary austin faced criticism for neglecting to inform the president about his cancer diagnosis and treatment. This is about two hours. Is the hearing will come to order. We wish you a full and speedy recovery. We understand that you are recovering and sitting for to long, and sitting is not good for your health. We agreed to your request to limit your appearance today to two hours. To get to as many questions as possible, unanimous consent to reduce comment to four minutes. So ordered. If we cannot get to you today, please submits your questions for the record and the secretary has sured us that hell get answers to that in a timely fashion. The secretary will be in about a month to testify again. So youll have another opportunity to at that time. Mr. Secretary, the reason that weve asked you here today i
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