Biden picks Lloyd Austin ex-general as Defence Secretary

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WASHINGTON: United States President-elect Joe Biden has chosen first Black retired General Lloyd Austin as his Defence Secretary.

The 67-year-old Lloyd Austin would be the second Pentagon chief in four years to need a waiver, after President Donald Trump picked James Mattis, a retired Marine general, to be his first defence secretary.

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