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Gen. Lloyd J. Austin confirmed as Defense secretary
The Senate confirmed Lloyd J. Austin as Defense secretary Friday, putting the first Black American in charge of the Pentagon by a vote of 93-2. Austin, a retired four-star Army general who commanded U.S. forces MORE