Gulf Coast native Lloyd J. Austin, a West Point graduate who rose to the Army’s elite ranks, won Senate confirmation Jan. 22 to become the nation’s first Black secretary of defense. The 93-2 vote gave President Joe Biden his second Cabinet member; Avril Haines was confirmed on Wednesday as the first woman to serve as director of national intelligence. Austin, a Mobile, Ala., native, describes himself as the son of a postal worker and a homemaker from Thomasville, Ga. (Source: AL.com 01/22/21) Lloyd Austin, Alabama native, confirmed as first Black Defense Secretary - al.com
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