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Lloyd James Austin III (born August 8, 1953) is a retired United States Army four-star general who has served as the 28th and current United States Secretary of Defense since January 22, 2021. Before retiring from the military in 2016, Austin served as the 12th commander of United States Central Command (CENTCOM), beginning in March 2013. [ 1 ]
The United States secretary of defense (SecDef) is the head of the United States Department of Defense, the executive department of the U.S. Armed Forces, and is a high-ranking member of the federal cabinet. [5][6][7] The secretary of defense's position of command and authority over the military is second only to that of the president of the ...
Recorded June 3, 2020. *McCarthy served in an acting capacity from June 24, 2019 to July 15, 2019, while Esper served as Acting U.S. Secretary of Defense. Mark Thomas Esper (born April 26, 1964) is an American politician and manufacturing/high-tech executive who served as the 27th United States secretary of defense from 2019 to 2020.
New Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, the first Black person responsible for overseeing the nation’s armed forces, says his life experience has readied him to tackle extremism in the military’s ...
Beginning late on January 1, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was hospitalized and in an intensive care unit, yet no one in the military chain of command seemed to know about it until January 5.
New defense chief Lloyd Austin said he was proud and grateful to be the first African American civilian to be in charge of the nation’s military. Austin was confirmed Friday as the county’s ...
The following 9 pages use this file: Cabinet of the United States; Foreign policy of the Joe Biden administration; List of African-American United States Cabinet members
WASHINGTON — Amid tensions in the Middle East, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was hospitalized, including spending four days in the intensive care unit, according to two senior administration ...