A Pentagon mystery: Why was Defense Secretary
Lloyd Austin’s hospital stay kept secret
for days?
Associated Press New,
by
Lolita C. Baldor
Original Article
Posted By: FlyRight,
1/6/2024 5:18:06 PM
Members of Congress and Pentagon leaders were unaware for days that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had been hospitalized since Monday, U.S. officials said Saturday, as questions swirled about his condition and the secrecy surrounding it.
And it remained unclear when the White House and other key U.S. officials were told about his stay at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.
The Pentagon’s failure to disclose Austin’s hospitalization for days reflects a stunning lack of transparency about his illness, how serious it was and when he may be released. Such secrecy,
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
seamusm 1/6/2024 5:26:11 PM (No. 1630977)
Because they were afraid the ChiComs or Putin would take advantage of the leadership vacuum? Hahahahaha!
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
DVC 1/6/2024 5:36:15 PM (No. 1630982)
Because he had heart problems caused by the mRNA shots that he forced on millions.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
chumley 1/6/2024 5:46:21 PM (No. 1630988)
Maybe he was having his willie removed to get more favor with the democrats.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
bighambone 1/6/2024 5:46:35 PM (No. 1630989)
Maybe he had the clap! Nobody wants that publicly known.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
judy 1/6/2024 5:49:11 PM (No. 1630990)
Maybe he had a face lift or a tummy tuck????
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
happywarrior 1/6/2024 6:06:18 PM (No. 1631001)
Well the cat's outta the bag! Let the games begin.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
vhs68 1/6/2024 6:08:14 PM (No. 1631002)
Maybe this was just a dry-run test for when joey goes missing for a week?
The late friday announcement just proves nobody knew.
I wonder if he gave the chicoms a heads-up he would be away for a few days?
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Luandir 1/6/2024 6:28:09 PM (No. 1631011)
"I could have done a better job" - the standard weasel words for a cover-up. If he's this sick, he should resign.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Red Ghost 1/6/2024 6:56:13 PM (No. 1631020)
Whether or not anyone of note knew where he was, is of no consequence. Lloyd like everyone else in this administration makes no real decisions. It's the Obama not so secret army in charge of everything that pulls all the strings.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
jimincalif 1/6/2024 6:58:11 PM (No. 1631021)
Clearly gender reassignment surgery.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Omen55 1/6/2024 7:42:18 PM (No. 1631026)
Was it sexual?
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
rochow 1/6/2024 8:37:10 PM (No. 1631035)
So, we get attacked, so what. Does anyone know where the occasional WH resident is on vacation this weekend, or this day?? Hm, anyone else we could call? How about Austin? Oh, no one answering. The dame who steps in for him, she is on vacation as well. How about Blinken blanken? Oh, he has blinked out and not answering anything. He is on his way to see the Turks. Well, we could leave a message with them that Blinken could get in touch with any a@@hole of the clown administration that is around the WH what we should do because we are having incoming fire. Who knows, perhaps the gardeners have a better brain.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
LanceLink1 1/6/2024 9:45:26 PM (No. 1631046)
Biden didn't know where Austin was but that's OK because biden doesn't know where biden is.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Banjo Willy 1/6/2024 11:57:05 PM (No. 1631065)
Perhaps he thought it was time
to finally have a male member attached?
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
jayjeti 1/7/2024 1:51:08 AM (No. 1631087)
Punch line, it takes days to recover from sex reassignment surgery.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
mean Gene 1/7/2024 2:16:29 AM (No. 1631090)
He's 6th in line for the presidency, legally.
But, in reality, he knows who really runs this country and they are none of the ones elected.
The puppet masters knew he was sick, and they are all who matter.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
paloalto 1/7/2024 2:41:37 AM (No. 1631092)
While Karine Jean-Pierre did not address any specifics about the Secretary's hospitalization, she stated the White House considers this a private matter and that Defense Secretary LL'oydoya Austin will "address the secrecy surrounding ze/zirs absence in zirs/ze own good time."
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
anniebc 1/7/2024 3:55:38 AM (No. 1631109)
Or detached, poster #14. Remember the rumors from the old days about two men, ahem, stuck at the hospital?
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
5 handicap 1/7/2024 6:12:11 AM (No. 1631132)
Don't want spread the Syphilis rumors too fast!
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I thought any military unit had a plan in place, should the top man be removed?
Clearly we are all watching a commander in chief that is not in control. Why is this such a big deal?
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Venturer 1/7/2024 9:52:35 AM (No. 1631247)
Who really cared.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
broken01 1/8/2024 11:29:54 AM (No. 1631896)
If a leftist democrat, woke, idiotic, incompetent, high level government official doesn't show up for work does anybody notice or care?
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