Brett Bruen, a former Obama administration official, called for the resignation of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and other officials, citing serious breaches of trust and transparency.
He highlighted the Pentagon’s lack of transparency regarding Austin’s hospitalization and called for a public investigation to fully understand the situation.
Bruen emphasized the need for new criteria regarding the communication of high-ranking officials’ absences. (Trending: Anthony Fauci Questioned About Evidence Behind COVID Restrictions)
“I think both he should resign, but I think there have to be several resignations here, including his chief of staff, as well as other officials. You mentioned the Pentagon spokesperson, he briefed reporters on Thursday, knowing then that Secretary Austin was in the hospital, did not disclose that information,” Bruen said.
“These are not minor mistakes, Erin. These are serious breaches of trust, they’re serious breaches of transparency, and they do ultimately affect our readiness as a nation to respond.”
“I think we’re facing, Erin, a credibility crisis, and as you point out, we still don’t know why he went into the hospital, why he’s still in the hospital. We also, quite frankly, have not gotten the full truth about how things went down.”
“I think the withholding of information still by the White House, the Pentagon, this has been coming out in dribs and drabs, requires us, at this point, to have a full airing of the facts,” Bruen added.
“I think there has to be a public investigation. And then we need new criteria, we need to understand going forward in the future, when do defense secretaries need to call their boss, need to call the White House and say, sir, ma’am, I’m going to be out of the office for the next few hours and the next few days?”
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