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Biden makes pitch for retired general to be Pentagon chief

by Jonathan LemireRobert Burns
| December 8, 2020 2:42 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday made his case for retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin to be secretary of defense, urging Congress to waive a legal prohibition against a recently serving military officer running the Pentagon.

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