Austin Had Lapse in Judgment, but WH Has Not Lost Confidence in Him at Pentagon – RedState

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has been in the news lately more for what he didn’t do than what he did. As we wrote previously, Austin kept almost everyone in the White House in the dark about his whereabouts–when he was actually in the hospital, recovering from a major surgery in the wake of a cancer diagnosis. (Click on the links below for even more; those stories also contain links.)

Read:  Secy Austin’s Blunder Was Arrogance or Stupidity – Either Way, He Needs to Go

‘Not Optimal’: John Kirby Acknowledges SecDef Austin’s Failure to Notify WH of Condition Is a Problem

Joint Chiefs Chairman Knew Austin Was Hospitalized and Didn’t Tell the White House or the Service Chiefs

But I need to highlight the direction the Biden Administration has been leaning in answering media questions about the man who is supposed to be running the Pentagon right now. My colleague Streiff wrote on Jan. 7…