Biden, as vice president in the Obama administration, worked with Austin when the general was commander of U.S. forces in Iraq and later as commander of U.S. Central Command from 2013 to 2016.

Why Lloyd Austin's secrecy about his hospital stay undercuts a top Biden ... a former diplomat and expert in crisis communications who worked in the White House under President Barack Obama.

Lloyd Austin, Retired 4-Star General, ... It's certainly a different situation than it was during the Obama years, when troops surged to around 100,000 in Afghanistan.

President-elect Joe Biden is expected to name Lloyd Austin, a retired Army general who was in charge of military operations in the Middle East under President Obama, as his defense secretary ...

Retired general Lloyd Austin on Dec. 9 in Wilmington, Del. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post) The incoming Biden administration is pledging to fix the failed Obama and Trump policies on Syria ...

Gen. Lloyd Austin, President-elect Joe Biden’s choice to lead the Pentagon, is poised to make history as the first Black secretary of defense and is “the person we need in this moment ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Obama's Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta about why it took the Pentagon three days to tell the White House that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was hospitalized.

Austin also served as Central Command (CENTCOM) commander, where he helped lead the fight against ISIS in Iraq from 2014 during the Obama administration. Yet, Austin does not seem to be part of ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is facing mounting criticism after failing to ... a former diplomat and expert in crisis communications who worked in the White House under then-President Barack Obama.

But Biden developed a personal relationship with Austin while the general commanded U.S. forces in Iraq during the Obama administration. Biden’s late son, Beau, served on Austin’s staff while ...

A plea deal that would have meant life in prison for accused 9/11 architect Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was tossed out by a federal appeals court Friday. In a 2-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for ...

The court ruled 2-1 against allowing Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants to plead guilty under agreements that would ...