President-elect Joe Biden will nominate retired Gen. Lloyd Austin to lead the Pentagon, according to The Associated Press.
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Austin, who would be the nation’s first Black defense secretary, rose to the military’s loftiest ranks and has kept one of its lowest profiles.
He was the Army’s vice chief of staff and led the military’s most consequential command, Central Command, which oversees military operations in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan. Austin prefers to work behind the scenes, building by consensus and leading by example
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