LLOYD AUSTIN GETS SENATE CONFIRMATION, BECOMES FIRST BLACK SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

Highlights

• Retired General Lloyd Austin had led the US troops into Baghdad in 2003 and then went up to the US Central Command to be the first African-American secretary of defense

• He required special approval from the Senate due to a federal law that needs military officers to wait seven years after retirement before taking up the role of the Pentagon chief

With the confirmation from the US Senate, r....