By Jim Garamone
US Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III arrived at the Pentagon Friday and hit the ground running, greeting the senior staff and then immediately heading into meetings on combating the coronavirus.
The Senate confirmed Austin at 11 a.m.; the vote was 93-2. He arrived at the Pentagon around noon and was...
Lloyd Austin
United States Department of Defense
Austin, Texas
David Norquist
Max Rose
Mark Milley
United States Senate
Jens Stoltenberg
Office of the Secretary of Defense
COVID-19
Joint Chiefs of Staff
United States Central Command
Middle East
United States Senate Committee on Armed Services
Indo-Pacific
North Korea
NATO
United States Military Academy
New York 
United States House of Representatives
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