The White House has brushed off calls for Lloyd Austin’s resignation as it sought to quell a mounting furore over the Pentagon’s decision to withhold information about the defence secretary’s hospitalisation from Joe Biden for a number of days last week.
“There is no plan for anything other than for Secretary Austin to stay in the job and continue the leadership that he has been demonstrating,” John Kirby, a spokesperson for the National Security Council, told reporters on Air Force One as the US president travelled to South Carolina on Monday.
“The president’s number one focus is on his health and recovery and he looks forward to having him back at the Pentagon as soon as possible,” Kirby added.
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