The White House on Monday rejected Republican calls for US President Joe Biden to sack Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin after he took several days to disclose a hospitalization.
“The president has complete confidence, continues to have confidence in Secretary Austin,” Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters travelling with Biden aboard Air Force One.
“The number one thing is we want to see him get well and back at the Pentagon.”
Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters travelling with Biden aboard Air Force One that the president has complete confidence, continues to have confidence in Secretary Austin.
Similarly, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Biden believed Austin had done an “amazing job” and respected Austin for “taking ownership” of the row.
Republicans have called for Austin to resign or be sacked after it emerged that Biden and the White House were unaware for several days that he had been hospitalized for an unspecified medical condition last week.
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