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Pentagon Inspector General Says Launching Review of Austin’s Hospitalization

© AP Photo / Manuel Balce CenetaFILE - Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin testifies before a Senate Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 31, 2023.
FILE - Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin testifies before a Senate Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 31, 2023. - Sputnik International, 1920, 11.01.2024
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US Defense Department Inspector General Robert Storch said in a memorandum that his office is launching a review into Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization and related notification procedures, after news of his illness failed to reach the White House for several days.
“The objective of the review is to examine the roles, processes, procedures, responsibilities, and actions related to the Secretary of Defense’s hospitalization in December 2023 – January 2024, and assess whether the DoD’s policies and procedures are sufficient to ensure timely and appropriate notifications and the effective transition of authorities as may be warranted due to health-based or other unavailability of senior leadership,” the memorandum said on Wednesday.
However, the inspector general may revise or expand the scope of the review as it proceeds, the memorandum said. The memorandum, addressed to Austin and other senior Pentagon officials, requests they designate a point of contact for the review within five days.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin listens President Joe Biden speaks about Ukraine from the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. - Sputnik International, 1920, 10.01.2024
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US Defense Chief's Hospitalization Scandal Reveals Biden Team's 'Total Incompetence'
On Tuesday, Walter Reed Army Medical Center officials said that Austin was hospitalized in early January due to an infection, following cancer surgery in late December. The failure to communicate the hospitalization to the White House has prompted bipartisan calls for Austin to leave his position.
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