Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin grilled over secretive hospitalization

Democrats and Republicans criticized his failure to quickly let President Joe Biden and others know about his hospitalization for complications from cancer surgery.

[xqsmwyp]

LOL The pentagon investigated the pentagon and found that the pentagon did nothing wrong

[larrycriqui]

It's amazing to me how Democrats in this committee could go to all these different countries and check their borders and fund them but they don't have the time to go to our southern border not one Democrat has gone to our border DISGRACEFUL.

[JohnnyD]

This people in congress are ridiculous

[shirleyhogsed]

Was a deliberate intent to stay silent. All it required was a phone call. ALL DELIBERATE

[marcshipkin]

I've worked all my life and at any job I had, if you weren't going to make it to work, you notified your supervisor. As a military person, Austin knows this better than anyone else. Would he tolerate any of his subordinates not showing up for work without notice?He should either resign or he fired.

[willysbest]

Would an enlisted person get away with being AWAL.

[SuperGamer]

Yeah I will not show up for four days at work and on Friday when I show up I will tell my boss that I was in the hospital 😅

[teddy]

His illness is his bussiness, not congress!!

[karenbleer]

How pathetic of the House of Representatives to treat Secretary Austin so badly. Let’s show some compassion. He has been diagnosed with cancer. He did not intend to become hospitalized. Cancer is an overwhelming diagnoses. It makes me sad and sick to hear anyone grill an employee over something that they have no control over. 😢What has happened with the ethics of the American people. 💔

[bees]

If a young service member used that excuse they would charge him for being AWOL, reducing his rank, giving him a big fine and likely some time behind bars.

[DouglasSatterfield]

Austin, “We didn’t handle this right.” Uh, WE? Nothing like throwing your subordinates under the bus.

[wegmandan]

But any other soldier would have been charged with AWOL. I guess it's okay when you have double standards or a two-tiered justice system. Such BS

[usleadershipareliars]

Didn't notify anyone, doesn't know if or when his staff found out. That's called AWOL. If I don't call in to my job, I get fired, yet the sec Def gets to keep his job.
Hypocrites.
The pentagon investigating the pentagon and finding the pentagon did nothing wrong 😂😂😂

[aboucard]

Imagine having cancer and then getting grilled about it. These people know they are monsters. Everyone has lost someone to cancer. Imagine this is your family member fighting cancer having to go through this.

[rcxjwrh]

There is a HIPPA law in the U.S., his health issues are no ones business...

[JohnnyD]

This is crazy. He’s employed by government. No employer can hassle a employee regarding hospital stay

[zicfvnm]

LIED ABOUT EVERYTHING HE HAS DONE SO WHY WOULD HE NOT LIE ABOUT THAT😮

[melvincarltonscooterjohnsoniii]

we got bigger problems...
he said it wasnt handled properly...
wow...

[cking]

This is why he should skim that money off the skimmed pile of money, send it to the reparations committee in the name of MTG and Rumseld

[ernestwilson]

Don't they have anything better to do?