Cabinet of Joe Biden
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Joe Biden assumed office as the 46th president of the United States on January 20, 2021, and his term ended on January 20, 2025. The president has the authority to nominate members of his Cabinet to t
Cabinet of President Joe Biden in July 2021
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Lloyd Austin
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Lloyd James Austin III is a retired United States Army general who served as the 28th United States secretary of defense, from 2021 to 2025, under the Biden administration.
Cabinet of Joe Biden
…hearings held by the members of the Armed Services Committee, then presented to the full Senate for a vote. Biden's announced nominee, retired Gen. Lloyd Austin, required a congressional waiver to be granted under the National Security Act of 1947 before he was confirmed. Waiver process…
Official portrait, 2023
Colonel Lloyd Austin in 1998
Austin in a meeting with Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Lieutenant General David Barno, and U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad in Kandahar, Afghanistan in 2003
Austin during the Iraq War on September 11, 2007