Democratic Rep. Chris Deluzio of Pennsylvania is seeking the secretary of defense position. Lloyd Austin to resign.
“I have lost confidence in Secretary Lloyd Austin's leadership of the Department of Defense because of the lack of transparency regarding his recent treatment and its impact on continuity of command. “I have a solemn duty to provide oversight of the Department of Defense.” “Through my service on the House Armed Services Committee, I have been able to serve this department. To that end, today I am asking Secretary Austin to resign. We need to ask,” Delzio said in a statement. statement.
“We thank Secretary Austin for his leadership and years of dedicated service to the American people, and we wish him a speedy recovery.”
Some Republicans are calling for Austin to resign.
Republican Congressman Matt Rosendale of Montana solution The Pentagon chief is being targeted in an impeachment case over the infamous Chinese reconnaissance balloon that flew over the United States last year.
According to a Jan. 9 statement from Dr. John Maddox and Dr. Gregory Chesnutt, Austin underwent a prostatectomy in December for prostate cancer and was admitted to the hospital on Jan. 1 due to medical issues. did.
President Joe Biden learned of his hospitalization on January 4th. according to NSC Strategic Communications Coordinator John Kirby also said that Biden learned about his prostate cancer on January 9th.
Austin remains hospitalized at the Defense Department's Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said: statement On Wednesday, the defense secretary said he was in “good condition.”
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