The head of the Pentagon hid four days, including from Biden, who was admitted to a hospital

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : The Pentagon did not report this situation until Friday afternoon, raising questions about how the Department of Defense had dealt with the emergency, while the United States faces its role in the Ukraine and Gaza wars, conflicts that are causing instability in different areas.
56% : The Pentagon journalists' association also criticized in a letter that a public figure such as the Secretary of Defense did not communicate his medical situation, at a time when it is decisive to inform citizens about the growing threat to members of the US military service in Middle East.
53% : Lloyd Austin III, secretary of the Department of Defense, took full blame this Saturday for keeping his hospitalization a secret for several days.
53% : Lloyd Austin III, secretary of the Department of Defense, took full blame this Saturday for keeping his hospitalization a secret for several days.
52% : The Department of Defense was ambiguous about how the power had been exercised.
47% : As Secretary of Defense, Austin, 70, is second in the chain of command, behind President Biden, in making military decisions.
25% : Republican Senator Roger Wicker denounced that this concealment was "an accusation against an administration that consistently holds legislative authority in national defense in a situation of contempt.

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