Pentagon: Austin ne jald batain nahi ki, is shirayat ka zimmedari qubool ki.
Middle East Tensions: Wazir-e-Difa Lloyd Austin ICU Mein Hospitalized
Pentagon: Intensive Care Unit Mein Char Din Guzarnay Wale Wazir-e-Difa Ka White House Ko Der Se Informed Karna
Darmiyan-e-Mashriq mein barhti hui tensions ke doran, Wazir-e-Difa Lloyd Austin hospital mein bharti hue aur intensive care unit mein chaar din guzarnay wale hain, do senior administration officials ke mutabiq. Sarmaya Daarana ka Ilan Karnay walay Pentagon ne White House ke National Security Council ke senior officials ko Austin ki hospitalization ka ittila Thursday ko diya — teen din baad jab unhone Walter Reed Medical Center pahuncha, ek U.S. official ki tasdeeq ke mutabiq. Politico ne pehle is deri ki khabar di.
Pentagon: Austin ki Hospitalization aur Der se Izhar Karnay ka Faisla
Defense Secretary Austin ko Monday raat “haali mein muntakhib tibbi amal ke natijay mein paida hone wale mushkilat” ke bais hospital admit kiya gaya, jise Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder ne Jumma raat ko ek bayan mein kaha. Pentagon ke foran intimation na dene par Austin ne Saturday ko apne shirayat ka jumla kar ke zimmedari qubool ki.
“Main buhat khush hoon ke ab meri tabiyat behtar ho rahi hai aur jald hi Pentagon mein wapas jane ka intezar hai. Main samajh sakta hoon ke media ne shafafgi ke leye concerns izhar kiye hain aur main tasleem karta hoon ke maine jumla shuda ko behtar taur par inform karne mein mazeed koshish kar sakta tha. Main ye bhi tasleem karta hoon ke ye meri tibbi amal tha, aur main apne izhaar ke fazool hone par mukammal zimmedar hoon.”
Pentagon: Biden ka Interaction aur Austin ki Behtari
Pentagon: President Joe Biden ne Saturday sham ko Wazir-e-Difa Austin se baat ki, jise senior administration official ne iske hospitalization ke baad president aur Austin ke darmiyan pehli call bataya. “Yeh garam guftago thi,” senior administration official ne kaha. “President ne unhein behtari ki dua di aur unhein jald hi Pentagon mein dekhne ka intezar hai.”
Austin New Year’s Day se apni zimmedariyon ka darna nahi kar sake thay, ek senior defense official ne Jumma ko kaha. Ye nahi maloom ke unhein kab chhoda jayega, is source ne kaha. Uske baare mein jo bhi masla tha, woh waziha nahi hai.
Ryder ne NBC News ko bataya ke Austin ne “Jumma raat ko apni mukammal zimmedariyan dobara shuru ki thin.” Saturday ko bhi unka hospitalization jaari tha.
Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks, jo chutti par thi, ne uske zimmedariyon ka khayal rakha hai, senior defense official ne kaha.
Hicks is haftay mein jab Austin hospital mein bharti hote waqt pre-scheduled chutti par thi, ek defense official ne kaha. Usne Puerto Rico mein chuttiyan guzari hain, is official ne kaha.
Isne “poore waqt DOD staff ke saath mukammal mawaslat banae rakhi hai,” official ne kaha. “Usne DOD ke rozmarra ki opereshans ka nigran kiya aur kuch routine kam bhi chalaya.”
Pentagon civilian leadership mein teesre number par hone wale, under secretary of defense for policy ke daftar, temporary taur par acting position mein hai kyun ke nominate Derek Chollet ko U.S. Senate ne abhi tak tasdeeq nahi di, ye source ne bataya. Sasha Baker ne is daftar mein last summer se acting ki hai.
“Hamesha ke liye, Deputy Secretary of Defense tayyar thi ke agar zarurat pesh aaye to Secretary ke liye kaam kare aur unke daftar ke quwat istemaal kare,” Ryder ne bayan mein kaha.
Pentagon officials ne Austin ki shirayat aur ye kehne se inkar kiya ke is haftay unki zimmedariyon ko anjam dene mein kya rukawat hai.
Pentagon ne bhi inkaar kiya ke woh procedure ka izhar kyun nahi kar rahe hain ya ye nahi bata rahe ke ye kab hua tha, aur ye bhi nahi bataya ke Austin ko hospital kyun le jaaya gaya tha.
Ryder ko NBC News ne puchha ke Pentagon ne Austin ki hospitalization ko kyun chhupa rakha, to usne kaha, “Yeh ek badalte hue hawale mein muziri halat the, jismein humein kai factors ko mad-e-nazar rakhte huye sonchna para.”
Ismein Austin ki shakhsiyat ki paishgoi bhi shamil hai, usne kaha.
Jab Austin hospital mein the, tab U.S. ne Baghdad mein ek senior Iranian-backed militia member ke khilaf ek nadir aur tanqeedi hamla bhi kiya, kam se kam chhah bar bases par hamlay huye, aur Biden administration ne Red Sea mein Houthi militants ke hamlay ka jawab dene ke liye options ko madde nazar rakha.
Isthiti is waqt uss waqt thi jab Israel-Hamas jang ki wajah se region mein tez tension tha. October mein, U.S. Navy ne eastern Mediterranean Sea mein do carrier strike groups bheje thay.
Yemen mein mojood Iran-backed Houthi militants, jo Palestinian communities par Israel ke hamlon se na khush thay.