Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta weighs in on Secretary Austin

Kai McNamee
Matt Ozug
Mary Louise Kelly

January 08, 2024 / 2:31 pm

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Obama's Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta about why it took the Pentagon three days to tell the White House that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was hospitalized.

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Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta weighs in on Secretary Austin

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