WASHINGTON -- President-elect Joe Biden is expected to name retired four-star Army general Lloyd Austin as his choice to lead the Defense Department, four sources familiar with Biden's plans tell ABC ...

President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate Lloyd Austin, a retired U.S. Army general, to serve as secretary of the Department of Defense, Politico reported Monday. Austin would be the first African ...

WASHINGTON - For the first time in history, the United States will have an African American leading the Pentagon. With minimal objection, the Senate voted 93-2 in favor of confirming retired Gen.

Retired Gen. Lloyd Austin speaks at the 2017 rededication of Lt. Henry O. Flipper’s grave near Thomasville, the resting place of the first Black graduate of West Point. THOMASVILLE, Ga. — If confirmed ...

According to Politico, Biden decided to pick Austin as his Pentagon chief in recent days, after experiencing increasing public pressure to ensure diversity among the remaining high-profile cabinet ...