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Biden’s Defense Secretary Pick Vows to ‘Rid Our Ranks of Racists and Extremists’

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Biden’s Defense Secretary Pick Vows to ‘Rid Our Ranks of Racists and Extremists’
Retired Gen. Lloyd Austin prepares to testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee during his confirmation hearing to be the next secretary of defense, in Washington on Jan. 19, 2021. Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via Reuters
Tom Ozimek
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Retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin said on Tuesday that, if confirmed as President-elect Joe Biden’s defense secretary, he would work to rid the ranks of the Department of Defense from “racists and extremists.”

Austin made the remarks at a Jan. 19 hearing with the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill.

Tom Ozimek
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Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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