How in the world does the Secretary of Defense go missing for days on end and nobody notices? Secretary Lloyd Austin was hospitalized twice and underwent surgery for prostate cancer and never bothered telling the White House. I understand that the secretary of defense is a fairly high-ranking office, but if you’re going to take medical leave while the U.S. is involved in several wars internationally, perhaps you should run that up the chain of command. Apparently, Austin felt that hospitalization wasn’t a major hindrance to his ability to do his job. According to AP reports, he orchestrated an…