Anyone else expects an Austin resignation?

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38. His 2nd in command was on vacation in Puerto Rico.

She was not informed either.

When the deputy secretary of defense began assuming some of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s responsibilities on January 2, not even she knew that it was because Austin was hospitalized, two defense officials told CNN.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks, the Pentagon’s number two leader, was among the senior leaders kept in the dark about Austin’s true whereabouts until Thursday, three days after the secretary checked into Walter Reed medical center following complications from an elective surgery. Not even the president was aware of Austin’s hospitalization until three days into his stay there, CNN previously reported.

The revelation that not even Hicks knew that Austin was hospitalized is sure to add to questions swirling within the administration about why his status was kept secret, not only from the public but from senior national security officials and the White House.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/deputy-defense-secretary-was-not-told-austin-had-been-hospitalized-when-she-assumed-his-duties/ar-AA1mABC8

When you go into the hospital for elective procedures you are in the condition to inform people.