Lloyd Austin Ordered Yemen Strikes From Hospital
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered a deadly U.S. strike on Yemen’s Houthis on Thursday night from his hospital room, the Pentagon revealed Friday.
In a statement, Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said Austin is “in contact with his senior staff” and “continues to monitor DOD’s day-to-day operations worldwide” from his hospital room in Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
He was “actively engaged this week in overseeing and directing” the strikes on Yemen-based Houthi militants and “gave the order” for the strikes to be carried out, Ryder said.