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Home / 2021 at 06:40AM / United States Politics and Government January 22 / Congress Grants Waiver for Austin to Serve as Secretary of Defense

Congress Grants Waiver for Austin to Serve as Secretary of Defense

Friday, January 22, 2021 ,

The House and Senate on Thursday held back-to-back votes approving a special waiver to allow Lloyd J. Austin III, a retired four-star Army general, to serve as secretary of defense even though he has not been out of uniform for the required seven years. By BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT

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