“If confirmed, I will fight hard to stamp out sexual assault, to rid our ranks of racists and extremists”

— Lloyd Austin

19 January 2021 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biden-pentagon-idUSKBN29O2II

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American military officer and 28th US Secretary of Defense 1953

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