On Tuesday's broadcast of CNN's "The Source," House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) stated that while there's no good excuse for Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin not informing the White House about his health issues, "Republicans, they're going to make hay out of this." And "we also have to factor in that the Republicans are trying to gum up whatever the president does and we probably wouldn't be able to appoint a new Secretary of Defense."