Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s failure to inform the White House that he would be out of commission in December due to having prostate cancer surgery, along with the subsequent complications from the procedure, was a major embarrassment for the Biden administration. Not only did White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and Pentagon Spokesman John Kirby gaslight to cover for Biden and Austin, but they had to scramble to prove that national security had not suffered because the head of the nation’s armed forces and defense apparatus was derelict in his duty. Austin returned to the Pentagon and his duties on Monday. This time, the Pentagon issued a brief, after-the-fact statement.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was back in the office Monday, exactly four weeks after he was rushed to the hospital with complications from prostate cancer surgery that he kept from his…
