The covering your ass olympics has begun in the Dept Of Defense executive offices

When Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks began assuming some of Secretary Austin’s responsibilities on January 2, not even she knew that it was because Austin was hospitalized, two defense officials told CNN.https://t.co/6265xQPldg

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) January 7, 2024

No reason at all for her to say a thing after the SecDef took responsibility. My little harping and the chirping from other defense twitters shouldn't even be an annoyance. Yet here we are. Is it possible that these people are so fickle that perception is more important to them than actually doing the work? Make no mistake the SecDef and Deputy both fucked up. The crazy thing is that ALL THEY HAD TO DO FROM THE START IS THE RIGHT THING and this would have been a non-issue.