Uninformed White House

maybe this was a need to know situation, and inept joe did not need to know....

 

Proves to me that the drums of war beat on their own. These clowns are window dressing.

 

Sounds to me like Austin didn’t want his cancer diagnosis going public. But he should’ve informed the President.

 

I don’t know that it says anything as specific as the administration being in disarray, but as North says, he should have told Biden

 

White House absolutely needs to be made aware who is in charge if there was a crisis. Pretty surprised this could have happened tbh.

 

The national security state exists to keep secrets, including the health of the people running it

 

not a White House or Pentagon issue, its a Austin issue. This is 100% on him.

 

I’ve seen this report and wonder ….. if the WH was told in confidence, the WH is not going to say anything about the hospitalization. Is there evidence the WH was not told or is it just a conclusion reached by some because the WH did not make a statement about this private, confidential matter?

 

He shouldnt be fired over this but should be punished. Not sure what the punishment should be. Perhaps whatever the equivalent would be if he were in the military.

 

beats me. Somehow I dont think that would be the case here.

 

Watching several hours of the last gop debate/yelling match over and over.

 

Disagree. It's why you vet cabinet members. It's a really bad look for the administration and if we're being honest, we know why Austin thought he could get away with it.

 

Seeing that the cabinet has not met since October Austin of course felt he could get away with it. He told Biden and Administration officisls he would be working from home for a week or so so he lied to the Commander in Chief. Most on here are ok with that because it is Dems. If this was a Pub Administration they would be demanding resignations. Shouldn't matter what side of the aisle you are on this is unacceptable behavior from your executive staff and should not be tolerated. He should resign and if not Biden should remove him.

 

At first glance I thought the title of this thread was "Uniformed White House." I assumed it was a look ahead at the next Trump White House. Everyone there wearing a uniform. Guess what it might look like.

 

White House has been steady and run well with very little turn over. If I were Biden I would consider replacing Austin because this is seemingly a very poor operational decision and not just a PR issue.

 

Doesn't he have a secret service detail? Not like he could sneak away to the hospital un noticed.