• Congress approves waiver for Biden’s pick for defense secretary
    Retired General Lloyd Austin testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee during his conformation hearing to be the next Secretary of Defense in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, on January 19, 2021. (Photo by JIM LO SCALZO / POOL / AFP) (Photo by JIM LO SCALZO/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

    President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Pentagon took a major step closer to confirmation on Thursday, after House and Senate lawmakers voted to waive a rule blocking the recently retired general from assuming the post.

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  • Ambassador Andrew Young, deputy to the commander for civil-military engagement, U.S. Africa Command, talks with senior leaders during a battlefield circulation, Sep. 18, 2020, at the CJTF-HOA headquarters building, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. Young spent almost 30 years in diplomatic service on four different continents. (Senior Airman Kristin Savage/Air Force)
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    A U.S. deputy commander for Africa on Wednesday welcomed a “new beginning” and a “renewed relationship” between the U.S. and Sudan following the African country’s removal from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism.

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