Former Department of Defense chief of staff Kash Patel on Friday excoriated Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin over his unannounced hospitalization, contending that the recent strikes on U.S. forces in the Middle East and the subsequent U.S. retaliations were in part the result of his breaking the chain of command.
Speaking on the “Just the News, No Noise” television show, Patel insisted that “when you have a Secretary of Defense who lies to the world and breaks the chain of command, and isn’t in his office for four or five weeks, this is what happens.”
Austin in early January was hospitalized due to complications from a prior surgery. He failed to notify the White House and public for several days and has since apologized for not notifying President Joe Biden.
“And no one has confidence in anything these two say,” Patel went on. “And that’s just not how it was in a Donald […]
Read the Whole Article From the Source: justthenews.com