It's Monday, January 8th, 2024.

Biden brags about abusing J. Sixers.

Our defense secretary was in the ICU and nobody knew.

And Mike DeWine reverses course, kind of, next on the AM update.

News surfaced on Friday that U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had been hospitalized since January 1st.

While the press was kept in the dark that Austin had been hospitalized, it's now being reported that President Joe Biden was also unaware of the concerning medical situation.

Alarming new details emerged on Saturday regarding Austin's sudden hospitalization.

The Pentagon did not inform President Biden and other top officials in his administration,

including National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, about Austin's hospitalization for three days.

Austin was admitted to Walter Reed National Medical Center

on Monday evening of last week after complications following a recent elective medical procedure.

Pentagon officials did not reveal what procedure Austin had, what the complications were,

or how serious the medical situation was. According to news outlets, Austin spent four days

in the intensive care unit.

While he was in the hospital,

Austin's duties were partially assumed

by Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks,

who was on vacation in Puerto Rico at the time.

The National Security Council and the Pentagon

declined to comment on the situation,

but Austin released a statement admitting

he could have

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