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Government Corruption
Joint Chiefs Chairman Knew Austin Was Hospitalized and Didn't Tell the White House or the Service Chiefs
2024-01-08
[Red State] Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General C. Q. Brown was informed the Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was hospitalized Tuesday but agreed to maintain the charade that Austin was working at home. Meanwhile, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks, who was on vacation in Puerto Rico, was asked to assume some of Austin's duties, but she didn't know he was in the hospital until Thursday.
You don't 'rat out' a brother.
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Posted by:Besoeker

#14  Lloyd was beginning his "transition" and didn't want to spoil the surprise!
Posted by: Sgt. D.T.   2024-01-08 22:00  

#13  The Biden Regime has become the bridge scene in An Apocalypse Now.
Posted by: Super Hose   2024-01-08 21:42  

#12  Considering Biden is in control of nothing; including his own sphincter. Why tell Biden? My question to Austin and his boot lickers is “who did you tell”?
Posted by: Airandee   2024-01-08 20:40  

#11  Kathleen Hicks

Administrator
Career Civil Servant

Had to defend her thesis.

Hicks completed a B.A. in history and politics at Mount Holyoke College in 1991, where she graduated with magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa honors. In 1993, she earned an M.P.A. in national security studies at University of Maryland, College Park. Hicks completed a Ph.D. in political science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2010. Her dissertation was titled Change Agents: Who Leads and Why in the Execution of U.S. National Security Policy. Charles Stewart III was Hicks' doctoral advisor.
Posted by: Skidmark   2024-01-08 17:52  

#10  SecDef went AWOL. What's the punishment for that?
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2024-01-08 12:24  

#9  Did Milley tell Trump he phoned Xi?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2024-01-08 11:09  

#8  It took Wo Fat more than three days when he kidnapped McGarrett...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2024-01-08 08:34  

#7  Sounds like he “no called - no showed” for three consecutive days. Did White House HR send him a term letter?
Posted by: Super Hose   2024-01-08 08:32  

#6  Could be nobody does.

Veterans run for Congress aiming to hold Defense Department accountable over COVID vaccine mandate
Posted by: Skidmark   2024-01-08 07:37  

#5  
Could it be the Joint Chiefs don't trust the Obama/Biden White House Admin?
Posted by: NN2N1   2024-01-08 07:36  

#4  Gee, it's almost like the military doesn't think it's answerable to civilians...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2024-01-08 07:23  

#3  "You can check out any time you like But you can never leave"
Posted by: Skidmark   2024-01-08 07:09  

#2  Breitbart - Orange Man Tells Biden to Fire Lloyd Austin for ‘Improper Professional Conduct’
Posted by: Besoeker   2024-01-08 05:16  

#1  PJ Media - The Morning Briefing: There's Useless, Then There's Lloyd Austin Useless
Posted by: Besoeker   2024-01-08 05:14  

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