Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) and other House Republicans are calling on Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to resign following a scandal around his failure to disclose his hospitalization.

The White House faced a crisis in the first week of the new year when it appeared that the Department of Defense was running without a head. Austin was hospitalized on Jan. 1 over complications from a Dec. 22 surgery but has continued his duties as defense secretary since Jan. 5. The White House was unaware of the hospitalization for some time, leading to intense scrutiny.

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