On December 7, the prospective US President Joe Biden announced that he would nominate former Army General Lloyd Austin for the office of Secretary of Defense.
Dispute over Biden’s defense minister
Austin came up late as a candidate for office. Joe Biden justified his decision in favor of the general, among other things, by saying that it was important to him that the next defense minister should know personally the humane effects of the war.
Austin retired in 2016 after 41 years of service. The infantry officer served repeatedly in Afghanistan and Iraq, including 2008-2009 as commander of the Multinational Corps in Iraq. He was then Commander of the US Forces in Iraq from 2010-2011. During this time, Austin played a key role in the negotiations that led to the initialing of the Washington-Baghdad strategic partnership agreement. Most recently, Austin was Deputy Chief of Staff of the US Army from 2012-2013 and from 2013-2016 Commander of the Regional Joint Forces Command USCentral Command (CENTCOM, Middle East). He is considered to be extremely detail-oriented and an excellent planning officer. In 2011 he organized and supervised the withdrawal of more than 50,000 US soldiers and their equipment from Iraq.
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