{"id":152694,"date":"2024-02-01T12:25:30","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T17:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=152694"},"modified":"2024-02-01T17:28:04","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T22:28:04","slug":"secdef-sorry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=152694","title":{"rendered":"SECDEF, “Sorry.”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nLloyd Austin<\/em><\/p>\n

Austin apologizes for secret hospital stay: \u2018I did not handle this right\u2019<\/h3>\n

BY BRAD DRESS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin apologized Thursday for his secretive hospitalization in early January, admitting he \u201cdid not handle this right\u201d amid questions about his failure to notify administration officials of the hospital stay.<\/p>\n

Austin appeared in the Pentagon press briefing room for the first time since his hospitalization and answered questions from reporters about the scandal.<\/p>\n

The Pentagon chief said he never directed his staff to keep secret the hospitalization at Maryland\u2019s Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, but acknowledged his failure to notify.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to be crystal clear: We did not handle this right.<\/strong> I did not handle this right. I should have told the president about my cancer diagnosis,\u201d Austin said. \u201cI should have also told my team and the American public, and I take full responsibility. I apologize to my teammates and to the American people.\u201d
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\n\u201cThe news shook me, and I know that it shakes so many others, especially in the Black community<\/strong>. It was a gut punch,\u201d said Austin. \u201cAnd, frankly, my first instinct was to keep it private.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Hill<\/a><\/p>\n

He didn’t handle it at all, bringing into question the man’s integrity and decision-making process. His first reaction to bad news was fear and self-interest, not stellar traits for anyone much less the Secretary of Defense. Bringing up race and using the royal “We” in his mea culpa shows his character weakness. Disgraceful really, especially without a resignation letter involved. There’s that integrity thing again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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