The Case of the Missing U.S. Defense Secretary

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Wall Street Journal

Society & Culture, News

4 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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After Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin checked into a hospital last week, no one apparently informed President Biden or the White House, a breakdown of communication in Washington that is prompting calls for the Pentagon chief to resign. Plus, Hunter Biden makes a surprise appearance on Capitol Hill, as the House considers holding him in contempt for defying a subpoena. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:26.4	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.
0:36.0	The White House scrambles to explain why it didn't know the U.S. Defense Secretary was in
0:40.8	the hospital as Hunter Biden crashes a House hearing about whether he
0:44.5	should be held in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena. Welcome I'm Kyle
0:48.9	Peterson with the Wall Street Journal. We are joined today by my colleagues, columnist Bill McGurn and
0:55.6	Kim Strassal. Call it the case of the missing defense secretary for days
1:01.1	apparently last week.
1:03.0	As the public is now being told,
1:04.5	Lloyd Austin was in the hospital
1:06.4	at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
1:09.0	in Bethesda, Maryland.
1:10.9	No one informed the White House or the President of the United States.
1:14.4	According to information that's now being posted by the Pentagon, this is from Monday.
1:19.2	Austin had an elective medical procedure on December 22nd and that he was admitted to
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