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10 Dec 2020 Former Vice President Joe Biden (D) on Wednesday struggled to defend his decision to nominate Army Gen. (Ret.) Lloyd Austin as his defense secretary, amid rising opposition from Senate Democrats at the prospect of another retired general at the helm of the Defense Department. In order to get Austin confirmed, Congress would have to grant Austin a waiver from a law that requires a defense secretary be out of uniform for at least seven years, aimed at upholding the principle of civilian leadership of the armed forces. The waiver has only been granted twice in history. Once for Army ...

We've heard mixed messages from president-elect trump and his picks to lead various national security departments including his defense pick. when it comes to the role of nato and russia, et cetera. nato is obsolete. it's vital to american security. i asked vice president-elect pence, which is it? >> i think what the president-elect said in the course of the campaign is that nato has a role, but we need to do two things about nato that are very important. number one, we need to ask member nations to begin to live up to their minimum commitment in security. the reality is the vast majority is n...

Politics with cnn politics reporter eugene scott right here on the set. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> let's talk what trump revealed last night about his defense pick. a controversial one, general james mattis. and it's interesting because mattis is going to need a waiver from congress because the retired general hasn't been out of uniform long enough. but i want you to listen to what donald trump said and then we'll talk about it. >> okay. >> he'll get that waiver, right? he's going to get that. oh, if he didn't get that waiver, there will be a lot of angry people. such a popular choic...

The new pentagon chief he's going to put on parade tonight? >> reporter: yeah, the show is james mattis, james "mad dog" mattis. we're in fayetteville. home to ft. bragg. a huge military veterans presence here. it is very intentional that drrp will be appearing with his defense pick. you talk about the razzle-dazzle and the art of making an announcement. it was only a few nights ago, his first stop on the thank you tour in cincinnati that he surprised the entire arena by basically prematurely announcing that mattis was his defense secretary pick in the first place. describing even his aides th...