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We need a civilian, not a soldier, in charge of defense Biden's nomination of General Lloyd Austin for Secretary of Defense is not a good idea. The Founders sought to keep the profession of arms out of politics for a reason. Lionel Beehner The selection of recently  retired Army officer, General Lloyd J. Austin III, as Secretary of Defense has set off a chorus of boos within the civilian national security establishment. Put me at the front of this angry mob.  The head of the Pentagon sits atop a sprawling bureaucracy whose budget dwarfs other departments. He or she will inherit an agenc...

  Joe Biden's pick to serve as his defence secretary has caused a backlash within the president-elect's own party, and revived a previously dormant debate about the relationship between America's military and its civilian government. Earlier this week, Mr Biden chose to give the job to General Lloyd J. Austin III, a retired four-star Army general and the only African-American in history to have headed US Central Command. It's an accomplished resume, no doubt, but a problematic one as well. Usually, a military officer must be retired from active service for at least seven years before ...

Biden's pick for Secretary of Defense is an alumnus of Webster University Retired General Lloyd J. Austin earned a master’s from Webster in 1989 and has twice been honored by the university as an outstanding alumni Author: Ashley Cole Updated: 10:32 PM CST December 9, 2020 ST. LOUIS — Retired General Lloyd J. Austin, President-elect Joe Biden's pick to be Secretary of Defense is an alumnus of Webster University. Austin earned a master’s degree from Webster in 1989 and has twice been honored by the university as an outstanding alumni, according to a releas...

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