Sputnik is live from Wilmington, Delaware, where Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are at a special event introducing retired four-star General Lloyd J. Austin III as their pick to serve as the 28th United States secretary of defence.
If confirmed, Austin would be the first African-American to lead the Defence Department.
Biden praised Austin's role in pulling 150,000 US troops out of Iraq during President Barack Obama's tenure, adding that the general practiced good diplomacy when engaging with Iraq and other US partners in the Middle East.
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