Sat January 06, 2024

By Press Release

Cotton: Austin Must Address Troubling Hospitalization Report
Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement following reports that Pentagon officials failed to disclose that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was hospitalized Monday:

 “Secretary Austin must address promptly the troubling report that the Department of Defense didn’t immediately notify President Biden or the National Security Council that he was hospitalized and unable to perform his duties. The Secretary of Defense is the key link in the chain of command between the president and the uniformed military, including the nuclear chain of command, when the weightiest of decisions must be made in minutes. If this report is true, there must be consequences for this shocking breakdown.”

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