Pentagon Reveals Reason for Defense Secretary’s Surgery

He underwent surgery that required him to be unconscious....who was in charge?
BTW, since he was out of pocket, his deputy on vacation, the President out of country...who ordered the strike that killed a terrorist? Not that I have a problem with dead terrorists but I do have issues when there isn't a clear chain of accountability for the ordering of a death. Did the theatre commander direct it? Did someone on the White House staff?

CMSgt Marcus Falleaf Maj Robert Thornton Sgt (Join to see) LTC David Brown CWO4 Terrence Clark MSgt (Join to see) SMSgt Lawrence McCarter SFC Bernard Walko MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. Cpl Vic Burk MSgt Dale Johnson SSG Michael Noll LTC Trent Klug PO1 H Gene Lawrence LTC Marc King SMSgt David A Asbury SSG Franklin Briant CPT Jack Durish SSG Paul Endes 1SG Joseph Dartey

I don't care about what his medical issue is or was. What I care about is absolutely no one knew, or cared, where he was. Especially since he was supposedly working from home. We're calls returned? Emails? Appointments with underlings? Nothing. Zip. Nada.

Don't care what the reson was...people have surgery all the time...the issue is that he did not notify anyone and from what I am hearing didn't transfer power and authority during it except one day and that wasn't the day of surgery.