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Lloyd Austin
Then US Vice President Joe Biden, left, with then General Lloyd Austin, the top US commander in Iraq, in Baghdad, Iraq, Nov. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
December 10, 2020, 8:33 am
Biden’s pick for defense secretary faces tough confirmation process
US president-elect says retired general Lloyd Austin is ‘the definition of duty, honor, country,’ but House Democrat says nomination ‘feels off’
By AFP
In this Sept. 16, 2015, photo, US Central Command Commander Gen. Lloyd Austin III, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Biden will nominate retired four-star Army general Lloyd J. Austin to be secretary of defense. That's according to three people familiar with the decision who spoke on condition of anonymity because the selection hadn't been formally announced. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
December 8, 2020, 3:46 am
Biden to pick former general Lloyd Austin as US secretary of defense
Austin would be first Black leader of Pentagon, selected ahead of longtime front-runner Michele Flournoy; move likely to draw opposition over putting ex-military man in post
By Robert Burns, MICHAEL BALSAMO, Jonathan Lemire and Zeke Miller
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