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WASHINGTON — In choosing retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin to be defense secretary, President-elect Joe Biden assuaged some supporters who favor a more diverse Cabinet, but he has left others worried that civilian control of the military is under threat. Austin — a 1975 West Point graduate who rose to command U.S. forces in the Middle East before retiring from the military in 2016 — will be the first Black defense secretary if confirmed by the Senate. In addition to leading Central ...

Biden selects Lloyd Austin, Thomasville native, as Defense Secretary President-elect Joe Biden named retired Gen. Lloyd Austin to lead the Pentagon, a transition team press release said Tuesday. And Austins selection as the first Black defense secretary, is especially poignant to Tallahassees Wilson Barnes, a retired Army colonel who served with Austin at Fort Bragg, North Carolina in the 1980s. "We Black officers all knew one another," said Barnes, who is 16 years older than Austin. When the...

Us. so lets start with the president last weekend claiming that isis leader abu bakr al-baghdadi was whimpering and crying and screaming all the way to his death. lets listen to what the president said. >> he died after running into a de dead-end tunnel, whimpering and crying and screaming all the way. he died in a vicious and violent way, as a coward running and crying. he was whimpering, screaming, and crying. >> fact check that for us, daniel. >> so trump has a long history of falsely claimin...

And kicking. theres a story behind these earrings. im not telling it. the entire walking nationals and houston astros can eat this cake. we have more shows coming in a lot more work to do. it has been a lot of fun. we have us all celebrating tonight. thanks for making this a possible. if not for you we would not be doing it, we annoy all the right people every night, you know who you are. shannon bream and the fox news at 19 take it from here. shannon: happy to share it with you and we thank eve...

Defeat isis mission. that is our mission, to secure the oilfields. >> reporter: you just said you would deny russia and the regime -- >> reporter: general milley, president trump described yesterday al-baghdadi whimpering and crying before he died. can you elaborate or confirm those details? >> the secretary was asked the same question yesterday. i know the president had planned to talk down to the unit and unit members, but i dont know what the source of that was. i assume it was talking direct...

We will get to william as we can that region. as i said today, includes mechanized forces and other types of forces. this hour. that will continue until we meanwhile, that was former white house chief of -- lets believe we have sufficient capability to ensure isis and watch. other destabilizing actors are denied access to that oil >> i said, "but if you do, dont facility. >> reporter: is a quick hire a yes-man. follow-up, have you had any somebody thats going to tell indications of any challenge...

I dont recall any conversations with the president about that phone call. >> im joined now by jonathan swan, national political reporter for axios, vivian correspondent for "the wall street journal," and jonathan allen reporter for nbc news digital. i guess my question is describe if you could central command of this white house. theyre facing impeachment. i expect the vote will carry with 230 votes i think right now by the end certainly. they know it. whos calling the shots to try to prevent th...

They will not speak out about these things and it really pains me because its very important. >> tucker: people are terrified. the aggression level is so high. the ruthlessness. people think its not worth it to say anything. most americans are not angry. they dont want to attack anybody. n but they feel like they cant push back or they will be fired. >> yes, they feel like they cant engage in a conversation. >> tucker: thats exactly right. >> they cant push back. its sad. i will push back. >> tu...

Reassignment surgery or transitioning children. it pains me. its very important. >> tucker: people are terrified. the aggression level is so high. people think its not worth it to say anything. most americans are not angry. they dont want to attack anybody. they feel like they cant push back or they will be fired. >> yes, they feel like they cant engage in a conversation. >> tucker: thats right. >> they cant push back. its sad. i will push back. >> tucker: good for you. thank you very much for t...

We are consult winning allies. as the pentagon has reportedly said in a just-posted "washington post" report, we have 70,000 troops between egypt and pakistan under central command. so any action that anyones going to take is putting all those personnel at risk when none of our personnel, none of our facilities were hit. and its quite serious if the saudi oil facilities were hit, no doubt, for the entire world, but this is an issue for the entire world, not just for the united states of america....