Austin, the First Black Defense Secretary, Ends His Term Marred by Afghanistan but Buoyed by Ukraine WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin bid farewell Friday to the forces and ...

In a Wednesday interview with Black Entertainment Television, President Biden appeared to momentarily forget the name of his Secretary of Defense ... then-Senator Barack Obama as “the first mainstream ...

President Joe Biden appeared to forget the name of his own Secretary ... Black voters and race. In 2007, Biden apologized after describing Barack Obama as “the first mainstream African-American ...

Last week, the Defense Intelligence ... Volunteer Florida promoted Black History Month with student art and essay contests ...

Austin retired from the Army in 2016 only to be asked to return to the Pentagon by President Joe Biden in 2021, making history as the nation's first Black defense secretary. He took the helm of ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, right, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attend a meeting of the Ukraine Contact Group at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin bid farewell Friday to the forces and personnel he has led through a tumultuous term that had three major military crises, a global pandemic and ...