Lloyd Austin kept his diagnosis from the commander-in-chief. Biden has to answer this question

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : "It is not optimal for a situation like this to go as long as it did without the commander-in-chief knowing about it or the national security adviser knowing about it, or frankly other leaders at the Department of Defense," said White House spokesman John Kirby, choosing his words carefully.
50% : ""From my point of view," Panetta said, "the Secretary of Defense has to be particularly transparent.
45% : "It is mindboggling that the commander-in-chief, was not aware of the location or operational competence of the Secretary of Defense," Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, wrote in a letter to Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks.

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