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Retired general merits top job at Pentagon A waiver for General Lloyd Austin from a 73-year-old law would give the Defense Department its first Black leader. By The Editorial BoardUpdated December 14, 2020, 4:00 a.m. Email to a Friend President-elect Joe Biden (left) presented retired US Army General Lloyd Austin as his choice to be secretary of defense, at The Queen theater, in Wilmington, Del., Dec. 9.Susan Walsh/Associated Press The idea that this nation’s military should be under civil...

Worried about "cracks" in "strong wall of opposition" to Iran, U.S. hopes for easing of Saudi-led blockade of Qatar By Amjad Tadros Jared Kushner visits Middle East Concerted efforts to end a three-year standoff between major American allies in the Persian Gulf may soon pay off with an agreement that will ease U.S. concerns about emboldening Iran and straining a regional "wall of opposition" to the U.S. foe. Theres little hope, however, for a full resolution of the crisis th...

The new relationship will quickly build new economic and military ties. The GITEX technology week in Dubai in early December 2020 was a unique event as it came amid a global pandemic and aimed to show that a large tech confab could be held as countries are just beginning to receive vaccines. With some 1,200 exhibitors from sixty countries, the large event in the center of Dubai included unprecedented Israeli participation this year. It also had an inaugural UAE-Israel Future Digital Economy Sum...

6 Min Read WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) -President-elect Joe Biden said it was the “right moment” in U.S. history for his defense secretary nominee, retired Army General Lloyd Austin, despite concerns about the recently out-of-uniform soldier taking on a role reserved by law for civilians. The choice of Austin, who if confirmed would be the first Black U.S. secretary of defense, requires both houses of Congress to waive a law requiring the military’s top brass to have been out of the armed ...

‘Race matters’: Austin advocates tout his historic candidacy in the face of other concerns December 12, 2020 Then-Gen. Lloyd Austin makes remarks during the U.S. Central Command change of command ceremony at Macdill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., March 30, 2016. (Army Staff Sgt. Sean K. Harp/DoD) WASHINGTON ― Immediately after President-elect Joe Biden announced he would nominate retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin to lead the Pentagon, members of Congress questioned whether the selection...

In historic move, President-elect Biden appoints retired General Lloyd Austin for top job Crusader Staff Report Retired U. S. Army General Lloyd Austin, III, will serve as the nation’s first Black Secretary of Defense. As the leader and chief executive officer of the United States Department of Defense, Austin, will command the executive department of the United States Armed Forces located at the Pentagon. President-elect Joe Biden, in a historic move, made the announcement Wednesday, Decembe...

When I saw the headlines last week that President-elect Joe Biden was considering a retired general to lead the Department of Defense, my first response was, "Havent we already had too many general officers serving in key government positions over the last few years?" Surely, I thought, the incoming administration would nominate a qualified civilian candidate after President Donald Trump filled several key cabinet positions with former military officers he referred to as "my generals." Trump of...

MilitarySpot.com Follow MilitarySpot: NATO’s Success Depends on Ability to Change As Needed U.S. Army Paratroopers assigned to the 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade, and Italian Army, practice operating the MBT Leopard 1 at a dig site at CORMOR training area, Udine, Italy, Dec. 09, 2020. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army Contingency Response Force in Europe, capable of projecting ready forces anywhere in the U.S. European, Africa or Central Commands’ areas of...

Gen. Lloyd Austin served as commander of U.S. Central Command, based in Tampa, from 2013 to 2016.