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notification timelines, as well as the transparency issues that we have highlighted. so i really think this review is going to help us make -- in a holistic way so that we can learn from it, but also ensure that we are doing better next time. so i think we really need to allow this review to run its course in order to do that. in the meantime, we taken immediate steps as i highlighted at the top. >> reporter: with that have been under a procedure for the sme to notify the white house national security adviser? >> again, certainly, you know, we want to make sure that the notifications are happening in a timely way, and we acknowledged there was shortfalls. so in sport and we go back and look at what the shortfalls were, what could have been done better, and make sure that going forward we are improving the processes. again, this review will help us. >> reporter: do you still think it's appropriate to call his medical procedure on december 22nd and elective medical procedure if it was treating prostate cancer? >> so i will defer to medical

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so i really think this review is going to help us get to ground truth in a holistic way so that we can learn from it importantly, but also ensure that we are doing better next time. so i think we really need to allow this review to run its course in order to do that. in the meantime, we have taken some immediate steps as i highlighted at the top. >> under procedure for the sma to notify the white house national security adviser? >> again, certainly we want to make sure that notifications are happening in a timely way and as we have acknowledged, some shortfalls to it's important to look at what the shortfalls were, what could have been done better and make sure that going forward we are improving the processes. so again, this review will help us. >> do you still think it's appropriate to call his medical procedure on december 22nd prostatectomy if it was treating prostate cancer? >> we released this information

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well as the transparency issues we've highlighted. i really think is review is going to help us to get to ground truth in a holistic way so we can learn from it importantly, but also insure we're doing better next time. so i think we need to allow this review to run its course. in the meantime, we've taken steps as i highlighted at the top. >> would that have been under procedure for the sma to notify the white house national security adviser? >> again, certainly, we want to make sure that notifications are happening in a timely way and this way as we've acknowledged, there were some shortfalls so it's important we go back and look at what those were, what could have been done better and make sure we're improving those processes so this review will help us. >> do you still think it's appropriate to call his medical procedure on december 22nd a prostatecetomy elective if it was treating prostate cancer?

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why did the statement take so long when the chief of staff returned on thursday, assuming she returned thursday morning, the statement did not come out until friday after 5:00, that is two full business days. what was the delay? we usually get statements about strikes or meetings much earlier. >> i will provide you a broad overview. i covered a lot of this yesterday and i recognize not everyone was bareback. there. when the notifications occurred to the staff on tuesday, because the secretary's chief of staff was ill with the flu, it impacted a delay in reporting it to the deputy secretary staff and the national security adviser. we recognize that there were shortfalls in this, in terms of the obvious question about delegation. that is what this

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away so this does not happen again. at this hour, we still know almost nothing about what happened to lloyd austin who is still in the hospital, other than one of his subordinates was not feeling well. >> the best i can tell you is that the secretary's chief of staff was ill with the flu, which affected the notification timelines, again, we are going back now and looking at the processes and procedures as i mentioned to include both white house and congressional notifications to ensure we can improve the processes. >> peter: three things they are looking at. timeline of who reported what and when, as soon as austin was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance. they are doing an exam of how the pentagon can determine in the future if a defense secretary can do his or her job, and they are looking for recommendations for improving all of this. the condemnation, though, for the way this was handled by

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to an operations center or something that would have triggered a greater awareness that he was getting medical care? >> a fair question. again, for the sake of not doing the review here from the podium as i highlighted the director has been directed to lead a thorough review to look at those kinds of questions. relevant facts and circumstances during the period in question to evaluate the processes and procedures by which the deputy secretary of defense is notified and the associated timeline. we'll commit to being as transparent as we can. >> thanks. the chief of staff and senior military adviser were told on tuesday that secretary austin was in the hospital. could the chief of staff have asked the sma to make the proper notifications for her since she was sick with the flu? >> we fully recognize there are going to be questions in terms of notification timelines as

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that he was getting medical care? >> yeah, so again, a fair question and for the sake of not doing the review here from the podium, as i highlighted, the director of administration and management has been directed to lead a thorough review to look at exactly those kinds of questions. so relevant facts and circumstances during the period in question to evaluate the processes and procedures by which the deputy secretary of defense was notified and the associated timeline. so again, we'll commit to being as transparent as we can in terms of the results of that review. liz here. >> thanks, pat. chief of staff and the senior military adviser were both told on tuesday that secretary austin was in the hospital. could the chief of staff have asked the sma to make the proper notifications for her, since she was sick with the flu? >> again, we fully recognize there are questions in terms of notification timelines as well as the transparency issues that we have highlighted.

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at that point wasn't there a call to an operation center, or something that would have triggered a greater awareness that he was getting medical care? >> yeah, so again a fair question. you know, for the sake of not doing the review here from the podium as i highlighted, the director of administration and management was then directed to lead a thorough review to locate exactly those kinds of questions. the relevant facts and circumstances during the period in question, to evaluate the processes and procedures by which the deputy secretary of defense was notified, and the associated timeline. again, we will commit to being as transparent as we can in terms of the results of that. >> reporter: thank you. the chief of staff and senior military adviser were both told on tuesday that secretary austin was in the hospital. could the chief of staff has -- asked the estimate to make the proper notifications for her since she was sick with the flu? >> again, we fully recognize that there will be many questions in terms of the

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the statement did not come out until friday after 5:00, so that's two full business days. what was the delay in the statement? we usually get statements about strikes or meetings much, much earlier. >> yeah, thanks. you know, i'll provide you a broad overview, i covered a lot of this during the gaggle yesterday but i recognize not everybody was there. and so you know, when the notifications occurred to the staff on tuesday, because the chief -- the secretary's chief of staff was ill with the flu, it impacted a delay in reporting it to the deputy secretary staff and to the national security adviser. again, we recognize that there were some shortfalls in this, in terms of, you know, the obvious question about delegation, and so again, that's what this review is going to help us look at is where we can improve processes to ensure these kinds of things don't happen again

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sullivan and others in the pentagon, that remains a question and i suspect that will be a focus of the press briefing here from pentagon press secretary major general patrick ryder in a short time. the pentagon announced last night that there's a 30 day review to look at the policies and procedures around notifications to try to make sure this does not happen again. >> all right. oren, we are now awaiting a press conference there at the pentagon. we are certainly expecting more questions to be asked about this, as we have just learned that lloyd austin was treated for prostate cancer on december 22nd. but the reason he ended up in the hospital after that is what was initially revealed to be a uti, but then was discovered to be a intestinal blockage, as it is put here in a full statement from his doctor at walter reed medical center. we are going to get some input here from a doctor who can speak to us a little bit more about this as we await this key pentagon briefing after a quick break. we will be right back.

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