(CNN) – The Senate of EE.UU. Vote on a bipartisan abusive base to confirm Secretary of Defense Secretary Joe Biden’s retired general Lloyd Austin. The vote was 93-2.
Austin, which will be celebrated in 2016, will be the first black man to lead the Department. If you receive an extension from a court that requires a Secretary of Defense to be present after the active service before accepting the cargo. The Chamber approves the extension of the Jews by the late, following the approval of the media by the Senate is the same day.
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The confirmation from the Secretary of Defense on the occasion of Biden’s other head of department at his office. The Senate confirmed Biden’s first nominee on Wednesday night, approaching the National Intelligence Director, Avril Haines, to take up the cargo position.
“It is an honor and a privilege to serve as the Secretary of Defense No. 28 of our country and to be specially organized to be the first black person to occupy the position. Pongámonos a trabajar », tuiteó Austin.
It is an honor and a privilege to serve as the 28th Minister of Defense in our country, and I am especially proud to be the first African-American to hold the post. Let’s start working. pic.twitter.com/qPAzVRxz9L
– Lloyd Austin (@LloydAustin) 22 January 2021