The continuation of the aftershocks of the US Defense Secretary’s concealment

According to the report of the Fars International News Agency, the Associated Press news agency reported on the continuing consequences of the cover-up of “Lloyd Austin”, the US Secretary of Defense, regarding his hospitalization in a military hospital and wrote, “Jeff Zients”, the head of the office The White House on Tuesday ordered cabinet members and ministers to notify his office of any inability to perform their duties. ordered, in case of inability to perform duties or loss of communication ability, to inform the White House by Friday of the procedures related to transferring their powers to a substitute official.

This official The White House pointed out that, while continuing the investigation, it requires all organizations to inform his office and the Office of Cabinet Affairs in the White House of any situation in which one of the heads of the cabinet cannot perform his duties.

This development occurs after it was recently revealed that Lloyd Austin did not inform US President Joe Biden and other senior officials of his administration about his hospitalization and handing over his powers to his deputy. has kept it secret for several days.

A Pentagon spokesman claimed that this breach occurred as a result of one of the Pentagon’s important employees contracting the flu.

According to the Associated Press, the White House chief of staff’s memo reads: “Organizations should be conducted when a cabinet member travels to areas with no or limited telecommunications access, is hospitalized, or undergoes surgery requiring general anesthesia.” gives or access to him becomes impossible to ensure the delegation of his authority to the successor. The replacement should immediately contact the relevant personnel in the White House.

Patrick Ryder, the spokesman of the US Department of Defense, on Monday, due to the lack of clarification of the recent hospitalization of Lloyd Austin, which the White House also did about three days later. The hospital learned about it, apologized.

Ryder said Austin underwent a medical procedure on Dec. 22 and went home a day later, however, on Jan. 1. While experiencing excruciating pain, he was taken to Walter Reed Military Medical Center in Maryland.

The story of Austin’s surprise hospitalization and late notification to the Palace White and the US Congress have raised questions inside and outside the Biden administration about why such an important issue has been reported so late.

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