Biden Plans to Nominate First Black Defense Secretary (So Brave)

First black guy, folks.

This is history in the making right here people.

CBS News:

President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate retired Army General Lloyd Austin to be his first defense secretary, multiple people familiar with the plans tell CBS News. If confirmed, Austin — the former head of U.S. Central Command and military forces in Iraq — would be the first Black man to lead the Pentagon.

Austin, 67, retired as a four-star Army general in 2016 and would be the second former uniformed military commander to head the Defense Department in the last four years. Like former Marine General James Mattis, who served as President Trump’s first Pentagon chief, Austin would require a special waiver passed by Congress in order to exempt him from a federal law requiring military officers to wait seven years before serving as defense secretary.

Mr. Biden told reporters on Monday in Delaware that he plans to formally announce his choice to lead the Defense Department during an event Friday in his hometown of Wilmington. But aides said late Monday that the announcement may now happen sooner.

I’d seen the first black prime time news anchor, the first black PBS host, the first black golfer, the first black WHO chief, the first black CEO of McDonald’s and the first black female tennis champion. But I will tell you right now, I never would have thought that I would live to see the first black man to lead the Pentagon.

This is history, folks.