Biden says he has confidence in Austin amid scrutiny over defense secretary's hospitalization
President Joe Biden said Friday that he has confidence in Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin after the Pentagon waited three days to tell the White House that the top defense official was in the intensive care unit.
President Joe Biden said Friday that he has confidence in Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin after the Pentagon waited three days to tell the White House that the top defense official was in the intensive care unit.
Biden also affirmed that Austin had a "lapse in judgment" by not telling the White House about his hospitalization earlier.
The president's comments were in response to reporters' questions when he stopped at a coffee shop in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
A journalist asked the president, "Do you have confidence in Secretary Austin?"
"I do," Biden responded.
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