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 ...

Austin, 67, rose to become a four-star general in the Army and retired in 2016 as the chief of U.S. Central Command, a role from which he oversaw U.S. military operations across the Middle East ...

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Former Gen. Lloyd Austin, Biden’s Defense Department nominee, would be the first Black Secretary of Defense. Former general Lloyd Austin's nomination has already hit a rough patch.

Lloyd Austin, a retired four-star Army general, has been confirmed by the Senate, making him the first Black defense secretary in U.S. history. The Senate approved President Biden's nomination for ...

President-elect Joe Biden has made a wise choice in nominating retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin to head the Defense Department. Austin has the background and the right mix of life experiences to ...

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 ...

Gen. Lloyd Austin III, then head of the U.S. Central Command, testifies on Capitol Hill in 2015. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP) Former four stars who have served with retired Army Gen. Lloyd J ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin risked national security 'unnecessarily,' Inspector General says Austin, suffering from complications after surgery for prostate cancer, had sought to keep his ...