Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will bid farewell Friday to the forces and personnel ... Austin retired from the Army in 2016 only to be asked to return to the Pentagon by President Joe Biden in 2021, making history as the nation's first Black defense ...

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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ... the White House. Austin spent more than 40 years in uniform, retiring as a four-star Army general. He helmed the Pentagon throughout the Biden administration.

As President Biden's term ends, his administration's focus on diversity is highlighted by historic appointments, including the first Native American Cabinet official and the first female Treasury Secretary.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said farewell to his department ... Charles Quinton Brown Jr. said Austin thanked President Joe Biden for tapping him to lead the agency after his retirement from ...

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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon Inspector General released a scathing report Wednesday about Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s ... secret from President Joe Biden and Deputy Defense Secretary ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin bid farewell Friday to the forces and personnel he has led through a tumultuous term that had three major military crises, a global pandemic and a personal brush with cancer that became a flashpoint for the way it was mishandled.