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Alabama delegation supports Biden pick of Mobile native as defense secretary
Updated Jan 21, 2021;
Posted Jan 21, 2021
U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers speaks to the media at a news conference in Anniston, Ala., Monday, Feb. 24, 2020. Rogers, the top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, said he had concerns with how the Democrats managed the process that led to the granting of a waiver in support of retired Gen. Lloyd Austin s nomination as the defense secretary under President Joe Biden. (William Thornton/al.com)
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Alabama’s entire congressional delegation voted in support Thursday on a waiver that allows Mobile native and retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin a path forward toward becoming the nation’s first Black Secretary of Defense. ....

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