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Biden’s post-COVID defense budget choice: A resurgence or a decline
Thomas G. Mahnken and Roger I. Zakheim
January 19
President-elect Joe Biden, left, listens as retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin, Biden s choice to be defense secretary, speaks during an event at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., on Dec. 9, 2020. (Susan Walsh/AP)
Much of the attention around President-elect Joe Biden’s nomination of retired Gen. Lloyd Austin as secretary of defense has focused on civilian control of the military and the necessary congressional waiver for his confirmation.
However, that is perhaps not the biggest challenge he’ll face, if confirmed. ....

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