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Pentagon: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was hospitalized on New Year's Day - UPI.com

Jan 06, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    30% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

    85% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    30% Medium Conservative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : The Pentagon Press Association wrote in an open letter to Ryder and Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Chris Meagher complaining about the situation.
55% : Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Sasha Baker is third in line to lead the Defense Department should both Austin and Hicks become unavailable to perform their duties.
53% : "Austin is a retired four-star U.S. Army General and the first Black man to hold the title of Secretary of Defense.
47% : Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks was sworn into the role in 2021 and is currently the highest-ranking woman in the Defense Department.
43% : "At all times, the Deputy Secretary of Defense was prepared to act for and exercise the powers of the Secretary, if required.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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