Austin becomes first Black Pentagon chief
Austin retired in 2016 after serving as the first Black general to head U.S. Central Command.
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Austin retired in 2016 after serving as the first Black general to head U.S. Central Command.
US Senate confirms Lloyd Austin as first Black Pentagon chief
Lloyd J. Austin, a West Point graduate who had led US war troops in Iraq, won Senate confirmation Friday to become the nation’s first Black secretary of defense.
Lloyd J. Austin III was swiftly sworn in as secretary of defense Friday, filling a senior national security position in President Joe Biden’s Cabinet, one briefly threatened by unease among lawmakers to again put a recently retired general in charge of the Pentagon. Austin, the first Black defense secretary in the nation’s history, faces numerous […]
Gen. Lloyd Austin Makes History As First Black Pentagon Chief Lloyd received the same waiver a Trump appointee gained, much to the dismay of Senate leaders. January 23, 2021 at 5:02 pm President Joe Biden's nominee for Secretary of Defense, Gen. Lloyd Austin, broke a barrier on Friday when he was sworn in as the first Black Pentagon chief in the nation's history. The retired general officially took his position after senators voted 93-2 to confirm his nomination in a final floor vote, Forbes reported. Republican Sens. Josh Hawley of Missouri and Mike Lee of Utah were the only members to vo...