Biden's decision to nominate former General Austin as Secretary of Defense

President-elect Joe Biden has decided to nominate former US General Lloyd Austin as Secretary of Defense.





 If the US Senate approves the nomination, Austin will be the first African-American Secretary of Defense. Austin was born in 1953 in the southeastern US state of Alabama. He graduated from the US Military Academy in West Point in 1975. He began his 40-year career as commander of the 82nd Airborne Division's War Support Company in North Carolina.

As he progressed, he rose to the rank of lieutenant and became commander of the company at Fort Bragg. He then served as commander of US forces in Iraq from 2010 to 2011. He oversaw the end of US military rule in Iraq and the withdrawal of US troops from the country.

Austin's military career ended in 2016 when he retired as commander of the US Central Command. The US Central Command covers Iraq, Afghanistan and the whole of the Middle East and South Asia. Former US President Barack Obama has told Austin that his role and ability are a reflection of the qualities that the American people want to see in the country's military leadership.

In 2015, however, Austin faced criticism from US lawmakers over the failure of a half-billion-dollar fighter training program in Syria. Austin held key positions in the Pentagon as a four-star general. He was the Chief of Staff of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 2009 to 2010. He then served as US Army Vice Chief of Staff from 2012 to 2013.

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