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Biden's Pentagon nominee puts some Democrats in a bind

by Will WeissertLisa Mascaro
| December 9, 2020 10:03 AM

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden introduced retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin to be his secretary of defense on Tuesday, praising him as the right man at the right time. But the choice is putting some Senate Democrats in a bind.

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