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Biden Adds Retired Army General Lloyd Austin to National Security Team
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1:18Now PlayingPresident-elect Joe Biden announced Wednesday he's nominating retired four-star Army general Lloyd J. Austin to be his secretary of defense, despite his being out of the military less than the seven years required under law.
If confirmed by the Senate, Austin would be the first Black leader of the Pentagon and would need to obtain a congressional waiver to serve as defense secretary. Congress intended civilian control of the military when it created the position of secretary of defense in 1947 and prohibited a recently retired military officer from holding the position. Austin retired in 2016.
During remarks Wednesday in Wilmington, Biden called Austin "the right person for this job at the right moment," and said he "would not be asking for this exemption if I did not believe this moment in our history didn't call for it. It does call for it."
Biden called for a swift confirmation for Austin, whose "deep understanding" of the Pentagon he said is needed to get the U.S. military on the right footing.
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