WASHINGTON -- President-elect Joe Biden is expected to name retired four-star Army general Lloyd Austin as his choice to lead the Defense Department, four sources familiar with Biden's plans tell ABC ...

President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate Lloyd Austin, a retired U.S. Army general, to serve as secretary of the Department of Defense, Politico reported Monday. Austin would be the first African ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Charles “CQ” Brown testify on President Biden’s 2025 budget request before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee. They also face ...

President-elect Joe Biden named former General Lloyd J. Austin as his nominee for secretary of defense on Wednesday. If confirmed, Austin would become the first Black person to lead the Pentagon. At a ...

Retired Gen. Lloyd Austin speaks at the 2017 rededication of Lt. Henry O. Flipper’s grave near Thomasville, the resting place of the first Black graduate of West Point. THOMASVILLE, Ga. — If confirmed ...