U.S. Senate confirms Lloyd Austin as 1st African American secretary of defense

The photo taken on Jan. 19, 2021 shows U.S. Secretary of Defense nominee Lloyd Austin attending a Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., the United States. The U.S. Senate on Friday approved retired Army General Lloyd Austin, President Joe Biden's nominee, to serve as the nation's first African American Secretary of Defense. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via Xinhua)