Biden Defense Secretary Pick Gen. Lloyd Austin Gets Waiver from Congress

Photo: Wikimedia Commons Both chambers of Congress on Thursday approved a waiver to permit retired Gen. Lloyd Austin to serve as secretary of defense in the Biden administration. Austin, who would be the first African-American to run the department, had to be granted a waiver from a law requiring a defense secretary to wait seven years after active-duty service before taking the job. Tags:& Black Star Newsretired Gen. Lloyd Austinsecretary of defense in the Biden administration