01/08/2024

Is this leadership called MILK TOAST?

Why the gaps in leadership? Take away the Obama’s high heels and make the men/men and women/women and get the job done which is training to fight wars and win. Everyone is important to the success of all.

 DEFENSE

Stefanik calls for Pentagon chief’s resignation

BY ELLEN MITCHELL – 01/08/24 12:43 PM ET

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) on Monday called for Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to resign after he kept administration officials and Congress in the dark about a multiday hospital stay last week.  

“It is shocking and absolutely unacceptable that the Department of Defense waited multiple days to notify the President, the National Security Council, and the American people that Defense Secretary Austin was hospitalized and unable to perform his duties,” Stefanik said in a statement. 

“This concerning lack of transparency exemplifies a shocking lack of judgment and a significant national security threat. There must be full accountability beginning with the immediate resignation of Secretary Austin and those that lied for him and a Congressional investigation into this dangerous dereliction of duty,” she said.  

The Pentagon on Friday revealed Austin was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Washington on Jan. 1 following complications from a previous surgery, even spending time in the intensive care unit. 

But nobody outside the Defense Department — including President Biden — was made aware of his absence until Friday, raising concerns about government transparency and the chain of command.  

Austin remained hospitalized as of Sunday evening, according to the Pentagon. 

Stefanik said it is critical the Pentagon chief have the full trust of U.S. citizens, lawmakers and the White House given that “American service members are under attack in Iraq and Syria, our closest partner and ally Israel is at war with Hamas terrorists, and the threat from Communist China is on the rise.” 

Stefanik, who serves in House Republican leadership and has often repeated former President Trump’s baseless claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election, is not the first in the GOP to demand Austin’s removal. 

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