President-elect Joe Biden named former General Lloyd J. Austin as his nominee for secretary of defense on Wednesday. If confirmed, Austin would become the first Black person to lead the Pentagon. At a ...

The retired Army general was confirmed Friday after being granted a waiver. Retired U.S. Army Gen. Lloyd Austin on Friday took over as the first black Pentagon chief shortly after being confirmed 93-2 ...

President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate Lloyd Austin, a retired U.S. Army general, to serve as secretary of the Department of Defense, Politico reported Monday. Austin would be the first African ...

WASHINGTON - For the first time in history, the United States will have an African American leading the Pentagon. With minimal objection, the Senate voted 93-2 in favor of confirming retired Gen.

THOMASVILLE- The City of Thomasville invites the public to attend a special ceremony honoring the Honorable Lloyd J. Austin III, 28th United States Secretary of Defense, with the renaming of a section ...

Retired Gen. Lloyd Austin speaks at the 2017 rededication of Lt. Henry O. Flipper’s grave near Thomasville, the resting place of the first Black graduate of West Point. THOMASVILLE, Ga. — If confirmed ...

(BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE) – The question being asked all over social media, in homes, offices, and even behind closed doors in Washington: If former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had leaked war plans ...

Retired general needs a congressional waiver to take traditionally civilian role As a recently retired military general is Lloyd Austin the right pick to run the Defense Department under a Biden ...

THOMASVILLE, Ga. (WCTV) - Former U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III, the nation’s first Black defense secretary, was honored Monday in his hometown of Thomasville with a street renaming. A ...

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WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden will nominate retired General Lloyd Austin, who oversaw U.S. forces in the Middle East under President Barack Obama, to be his defense secretary ...