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This is the Cato Daily Podcast for Wednesday,

December 16, 2020. I'm Caleb Brown. There are good

reasons why potential secretaries of defense need waivers to take that job

when they've been in the military most of their adult lives. Cato's Eric Gomez details why Lloyd Austin,

President-elect Joe Biden's choice for defense secretary

will need a waiver for him to serve in that post,

so soon after departing the military.

Who is Lloyd Austin?

Well he's the current nominee to be the next Secretary of Defense.

Before that he was a four-star general in the U.S. military and served as

commander of Central Command which covers the Middle East. He's responsible for

overseeing the U.S. drawdown in Iraq and then also overseeing the early stages of the anti-IS campaign.

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