Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin kinda went missing. At first, we were told he was in Walter Reed’s intensive care unit for “complications from an elective procedure.” Then we found out yesterday that the secretary had surgery for prostate cancer on December 22, and had to return on January 1 due to complications. We all wish him the best, well, most of us, and doctors say he’s doing well. But another complication is that nobody was told that the Secretary of Defense was off the clock. Advertisement The Deputy Defense Secretary didn’t know and was on vacation. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of…