Secretary Austin is out of the ICU, though the Pentagon does not have a hospital release date.

At least 3 DoD staffers knew about his hospitalization, but did not alert the White House for days. The question remains whether there was an effort to conceal or just sloppy comms. https://t.co/v9IxzrFsOQ

— Weijia Jiang (@weijia) January 9, 2024