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WASHINGTON—Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin declined to inform the White
House both times he was hospitalized and transferred authority to run the Pentagon to his deputy, military officials said Monday, episodes that call
into question Austin’s judgment amid heightened tensions in Asia, Europe
and the Middle East.
The secrecy behind his hospitalization Jan. 1—known only to a handful of
aides and military officials by the next day, but not the White House or President Biden until Thursday—has raised the ire of Congress, including
some Democrats, and privately frustrated the White House.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/biden-backs-defense-chief- austin-wont-take-resignation-if-offered-c6c39c1a
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