VIDEO: First Black Four-Star Marine Takes Charge of AFRICOM
The first Black four-star Marine general assumed command of the U.S. Africa Command during a Tuesday ceremony in Germany.…
Senate Confirms Lloyd Austin as Biden’s SECDEF
The Senate on Friday voted to confirm retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin as President Joe Biden’s secretary of defense.…
Congress Approves Waiver for Lloyd Austin to Serve as SECDEF
This post has been updated to reflect the Senate’s passage of the waiver for retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin. The…
SECDEF Nominee Austin Affirms Threat From China, Will ‘Update’ National Defense Strategy
President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Defense Department plans to take another look at the National Defense Strategy should…
Biden Says Lloyd Austin ‘Right Person for This Job’
President-elect Joe Biden called retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin III “the right person for this job” as the 28th secretary…
Biden Taps Former CENTCOM Head Lloyd Austin For SECDEF
This story has been updated to include a statement from former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michèle Flournoy. President-elect…
CENTCOM’s Austin Sees Islamic State Influence Spreading, Russian Campaign in Syria ‘Irresponsible’
When asked Tuesday whether the United States was on the 10-yard line, the analogy used in 2010 to describe the…
Pentagon to Congress: ISIS is on the Defensive
To “pivot away from the Middle East is naïve at best,” the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC)…
U.S. Central Command Casts Doubts On Claims ISIS Operating Captured MiGs
The U.S. Central Command has seen no evidence that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS or ISIL) terrorist…