Pentagon Inspector General to Investigate Defense Secretary's Failure to Notify Key Officials of Hospitalization

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : Earlier that day, reporters asked Ryder whether that internal investigation was "kind of checking your own homework?"The DoD inspector general is an independent and objective agency, and its findings will be separate from those of the Office of the Secretary of Defense staff review.
47% : Next: Spate of Osprey Mishaps, Including Air Force's Most Deadly, Will Be Investigated by Federal WatchdogOn Monday, Austin's office began its own 30-day review of the lack of official and public notification.
46% : The watchdog probe will "examine the roles, processes, procedures, responsibilities and actions related to the Secretary of Defense's hospitalization in December 2023 and January 2024," Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, the top Pentagon spokesman, told reporters at a public briefing.
14% : "Wicker and the two committee members who appeared with him, GOP Sens. Deb Fischer of Nebraska and Rick Scott of Florida, also continued to decline to join other Republicans' calls for Austin to resign.

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