Abortion maybe.

Hard to keep track of new aged medical topics with these types.

Is he dead yet?  

Wake me when Meatball gives a eulogy. I won't watch, but would be good to know.

Same for Traitor Milley.

I firmly believe they hid the actual death date of Notorious RBG for political reasons (ruling on cases beyond the grave).

Despite the U.S. Department of Defense claiming yesterday in a Statement that while Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin was Hospitalized beginning on Monday he was still able to “Act using his Powers as Secretary”, it has now been Revealed that he had been in the Intensive Care… pic.twitter.com/DaqUfY4kEr

OSINTdefender  (@sentdefender) January 6, 2024

Despite the U.S. Department of Defense claiming yesterday in a Statement that while Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin was Hospitalized beginning on Monday he was still able to “Act using his Powers as Secretary”, it has now been Revealed that he had been in the Intensive Care Unit at Walter Reed for the last 4 Days and that Deputy Secretary of Defense, Kathleen Hicks assumed his Duties and Powers even though she continued her Vacation in Puerto Rico; while all of this occurred Members of Congress and the American Public were still only Notified on Friday.

I just watched that before seeing this thread.

Glad the msm is complaining but its par for the course for these assholes running things. No big deal, happened during ongoing attacks on our forces in the middle east.

Wait until FJB has a stroke. We'll hear about it a month later

5 bucks says he got an infection after having a couple of toes amputated

The Pentagon did not inform senior officials in the White House's National Security Council of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's hospitalization until Thursday   three full days after he arrived at Walter Reed Medical Center, two U.S. officials said.

He saw how successful the procedure was for John Kirby.

Just as an interesting thought exercise, what would the reaction on GD be if Russian SecDef Shoigu suddenly disappeared and the Kremlin waited 4 days to tell anyone?

She appeared in person when rulings were released.
But IIRC she passed the day before Yom Kippor, I bet her family pulled the plug so they could get the mourning over with.

Kharn

Probably going to leave Walter Reed as Lola Austin.

Probably would have been easier to get out in front of this and tell the truth, no? They could have released a brief statement indicating Austin was undergoing a minor medical procedure and his duties will be fulfilled by Adm. Levine for the next few days.  Not like the media won't toe the line.  

So one would have to ask what's to hide?  Look for the waving of the HIPAA flag when (if ever) asked about this.

Infected piercings?

And he won't get fired for that...


NBC: Biden Wasn’t Told “For THREE DAYS” That His Own Defense Sec. Lloyd Austin Was In Intensive Care

Number two man in charge of the big button and no one outside DOD knows anything?  We are so fooked..

At his age, probably a colonoscopy or prostate surgery

Has he been in the Ukraine recently as in say the last missile attack?

That is not an answer to the question, it is not a yes or no,  it is a Clintonian misdirection where  a hypothetical  question is offered in place of a truthful answer.

He was out like a light.

Fishy that Joe did not know.

Not really.  I'm sure he's kept in the dark with 80% of the stuff that is going on, and only being told if it's actually critical.

Either that, or he just ignores shit that he doesn't want to deal with.

I'm sure Biden's controllers knew the whole time.

When ol Joe is on vacation 1/3 of the time its easy to let things like this slide.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will NOT lose his job despite keeping mystery illness and ICU stint a SECRET from the White House for three days - as ex-DOD official warns: 'Someone's head has to roll'


Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is set to keep his job despite failing to tell Joe Biden he was having surgery and going AWOL for five days.

The top Pentagon official did not tell the White House about a scheduled operation which left him hospitalized at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on New Year's Day following complications.

Austin, 70, ranks just below Biden at the top of the chain of command in the US military, and his duties require him being available at a moment's notice.

A Pentagon spokesperson told DailyMail.com Austin 'resumed his full duties' from hospital on Friday evening, and he was still in the hospital but 'recovering well' by Sunday morning.

Despite a barrage of criticism from members of Congress about his mysterious disappearance, White House aides have told Politico that his job is not in jeopardy.

Several also highlighted Biden's deep personal connection with Austin, due to the former four-star general's close friendship with the president's late son Beau Biden.




But the aides were unable to say what led to the bizarre situation - from what Austin's surgery involved, what the medical complications were and even his current condition.

The Pentagon declined to disclose any details about the surgery to DailyMail.com, citing 'medical and personal privacy issues'. 'This has been an evolving situation,' the spokesperson said.

Some officials who spoke with Politico on condition of anonymity said that a senior Pentagon aide will likely loose their job over the chaos.  

'Someone's head has to roll,' one former defense employee said.

'Someone made the decision not to disclose,' another ex-official agreed. That person will likely be gone shortly.'

'Not telling the [White House], Congress or the media he is sick, and then telling Pentagon staff he is working from home is next level. This is a problem.'


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This is Death Of Stalin type stuff.  Great film if you haven't seen it.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/top-military-officials-were-initially-unaware-austins-hospitalization-media-2024-01-07/

US defense secretary's hospitalization kept secret even from deputy

WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's hospitalization was kept far more secret than previously known, officials disclosed on Sunday, adding his deputy to a long list of people right up to President Joe Biden who were kept in the dark for days.

Austin, who is 70, was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center's Intensive Care Unit on New Year's Day after experiencing severe pain following a still-undisclosed elective medical procedure on Dec. 22.

Austin sits just below Biden at the top of the chain of command of the U.S. military, and his duties require him being available at a moment's notice to respond to any national security crisis.

That includes always being ready to enter secure communications with other officials in the event of an incoming nuclear attack, something that would be difficult to do from an ICU bed.

Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks assumed some of his operational duties on Jan. 2, while she was on vacation in Puerto Rico, a U.S. official said. But, Hicks was only told why Austin was unavailable on Jan. 4, three officials told Reuters.

That's the same day that Biden and other senior White House officials were told that Austin had been hospitalized since Jan. 1, five officials said.

At least some circles in the Pentagon were aware of Austin's situation earlier. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force General Charles "CQ" Brown, learned of the hospitalization two days earlier, on Jan. 2, one U.S. official said.

The Pentagon said on Sunday the delay in disclosing his whereabouts was at least partially due to Austin's chief of staff being off sick.

Austin said in a statement on Saturday that he took "full responsibility" for the secrecy surrounding his hospitalization.

The U.S. Congress was only informed on Friday, shortly before the Pentagon published its public statement.

The Pentagon has yet to say what Austin is being treated for, when he will be discharged from hospital and whether he lost consciousness or was under anesthesia over the past week.

Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said during a press conference on Sunday he "wasn't aware of (Austin's) medical issue."

"I'm very much looking forward to seeing him fully recovered and working side by side," Blinken said.

Several lawmakers say the communication breakdown raises serious questions about Pentagon leadership.

A joint statement from the top Democrat and Republican lawmakers on the House Armed Services Committee called for the Pentagon to be transparent about Austin's health "and the decision-making process that occurred in the past week."

"Several questions remain unanswered including what the medical procedure and resulting complications were, what the Secretary's current health status is, how and when the delegation of the Secretary's responsibilities were made, and the reason for the delay in notification to the President and Congress," the joint statement said.

The top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, Senator Roger Wicker, also took aim at Austin's handling of his ill health.

"When one of the country's two National Command Authorities is unable to perform their duties, military families, Members of Congress, and the American public deserve to know the full extent of the circumstances," Wicker said in a statement.

The Pentagon said Austin remained in hospital on Sunday but was recovering well and was in good spirits.

"Since resuming his duties on Friday evening, the Secretary has received operational updates and has provided necessary guidance to his team," it said.

WTF!?

Why is the press refereeing to him as madam secretary?  

\uD83D\uDD38 U.S. DEFENSE SECRETARY AUSTIN  UNDERWENT A MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURE TO TREAT AND CURE PROSTATE CANCER - WALTER REED MEDICAL CENTER

— *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) January 9, 2024

That doesn't put you in the ICU for days unless something went bad wrong. Possibly he coded and now is a vegetable.

Probably had TULSA procesure

Being an enormous mother fucker and gov provided  healthcare  who knows what surgical or anesthetic complications could have happened

He's an idiot - not for the hospitalization, it happens, he might not have been in any condition to respond/manage stuff, but in how things have been handled every second since this spilled out into public.

And he was an idiot before this. DEI choices have consequences...

So it’s no longer an “elective “ procedure , and is now “minimally invasive “ ( but full of complications ).

What’s next ?

And he's probably a philanderer.

I saw him get very handsy with a woman who is not his wife at Bobby Van's Steakhouse in DC during AUSA in 2022.

As an official with UCMJ authority over Servicemembers who can go to prison for similar behavior, his actions that night were egregiously hypocritical.

Kind of amazing that nobody noticed he was missing.

Prostate cancer.

"recent elective procedure"? Wonder if that can be stretched to cover COVID vaccine? Lol

The jackass - as SECDEF - is also fifth or sixth in line of Presidential succession.  Total fucking clown show we have running the country.

EDIT to ADD: 6th in line it goes SECSTATE, SECTREAS, SECDEF, AG, SEC INTERIOR…..