As Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III retired from the Army four years ago, he reflected on a career that included years in Iraq. The toughest days, he said, came when troops whom he oversaw were killed in ...

President-elect Joe Biden sought to sell his choice for defense secretary, retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin, to congressional Democrats who are balking at the prospect of waiving the requirement ...

Retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin, whom President-elect Joe Biden will nominate as defense secretary, presided over the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq and later led U.S. Central Command during ...

President-elect Joe Biden's choice of retired Gen. Lloyd Austin, former commander of U.S. Central Command, rocked a defense community certain the job would go to former Pentagon official Michele ...

As President-elect Joe Biden‘s nominee for Defense Secretary, Gen. Lloyd Austin, faces a challenge to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate, the NAACP and other prominent Black organizations are ...

Austin, a retired four-star Army general and West Point graduate, would be the first African-American to lead the Pentagon, the world's largest employer with more than 2.2 million servicemembers ...

WILMINGTON, Del. — President-elect Joe Biden plans to tap retired Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III to be secretary of defense, according to three officials familiar with the decision. If confirmed ...

Retired four-star U.S. general Lloyd Austin has made history Friday by becoming America's first Black secretary of defense. President Biden's nomination of Austin, who retired from the Army in ...

Why all the fuss about the confirmation of retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin as President-elect Joe Biden’s choice for secretary of defense? Waiting the specified amount of time is less important ...

President-elect Joe Biden will nominate retired four-star Army general Lloyd J. Austin to be secretary of defense, according to four people familiar with the decision. If confirmed by the Senate ...