The retired Army general was confirmed Friday after being granted a waiver. Retired U.S. Army Gen. Lloyd Austin on Friday took over as the first black Pentagon chief shortly after being confirmed 93-2 ...

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 ...

President-elect Joe Biden named former General Lloyd J. Austin as his nominee for secretary of defense on Wednesday. If confirmed, Austin would become the first Black person to lead the Pentagon. At a ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was admitted to Walter Reed Medical Center on New Year's Day for complications from an elective medical procedure, the Pentagon said Friday. The short statement did not ...

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 ...

Retired general needs a congressional waiver to take traditionally civilian role As a recently retired military general is Lloyd Austin the right pick to run the Defense Department under a Biden ...

MADISON, Ala. (Aug. 7, 2012) -- Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond T. Odierno and Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Lloyd Austin, were in attendance at the promotion ceremony for Lt. Gen. Dennis L. Via, U.S.