All you need to know about Lloyd Austin, US Secretary of Defense
Biden's transition team said, in a statement Tuesday, that the president-elect will nominate retired General Lloyd Austin, who oversaw US forces in the Middle East under former President Barack Obama, for the position of Defense Secretary.
"With a distinguished military service record spanning four decades, Secretary-Designate Austin is a commander with deep experience, as he held a high rank, and served with distinction in many of the Pentagon's most important positions," the statement said.
By doing so, Austin would be the first black US Secretary of Defense.
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