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His defense secretary. priscilla alvarez thank you. let s speak with retired lieutenant general mark hertling. i want to get your reaction to this. the pentagon press association is calling the delay in a statement in disclosing austin s hospitalization, they re calling it an outrage. they re saying austin has no claim to privacy in this decision. perhaps they re referring to the fact that austin was hospitalized, not particularly his condition or what procedure he had. doesn t the public, especially the president have the right to know that the defense secretary is in the hospital, that he s been hospitalized? well, the right is issue here, am rachlt first of all, happy new year to both you and victor. the folks at walter reed is phenomenal. they handle their medical issues like physicals and elective procedures. i ve been through a couple of ....
Kept completely secret so i am going to read this letter from the pentagon press association and love to get your thoughts on this. here is what they said. the fact that he has been at walter reed medical center for four days and the pentagon is only now alerting the public late on friday evening is an outrage at a time there are growing threats to us service members in the middle east and the us is playing key national security roles in israel and ukraine, particularly critical for the american public to be informed about the health status and decision-making ability of its top defense leader. what is the balance here? do we deserve to know? how out of bounds is this? kayleigh: the secretary of defense is in a chain of command. back to the bush era, having the authority to fire missiles, this is a serious position and the white house press corps, there are some clouds in there, ....
Experience in afghanistan, after 20 years of warfare in afghanistan, the taliban are back in power, this is a lesson that the united states should have conveyed to the israelis before israel goes into the direction that will also be tremendously damaging to israel itself. we appreciate your analysis and perspective, thank you so much for your time. thank you so much for having me. well, the pentagon press association is calling the u.s. defense department s failure to disclose that the defense secretary is in hospital an outrage. the pentagon notified the public friday evening saying defense secretary lloyd austin was admitted for complications from an elective medical procedure on january 1st, and is recovering well. it says austin was expected to resume his full duties on friday. in a letter to the defense department s public affairs chiefs, the press organization said, quote, the fact that he has been at walter reed national military medical center for four ....