Congress voted to approve granting a waiver to Joe Biden's pick for Secretary of Defense, setting the stage for Lloyd Austin to become the first Black person to ever lead that federal agency.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden will nominate retired four-star Army general Lloyd J. Austin to be secretary of defense, according to four people familiar with the decision. If confirmed by the Senate, Austin would be the first Black leader of the Pentagon. Biden selected Austin over the longtime front-runner candidate, Michele Flournoy, a former senior […]