Senator Dick Durbin @SenatorDurbin
General Austin is a true patriot and statesman who has served our country with honor and dignity. He will make an outstanding Secretary of Defense and I am glad that he was quickly confirmed on a bipartisan basis. — PolitiTweet.org
NBC News @NBCNews
JUST IN: Senate confirms retired Gen. Lloyd Austin as secretary of defense, becoming the first Black person to serv… https://t.co/oIdJ9KhNM7