FILE – In this Sept. 16, 2015, photo, U.S. Central Command Commander Gen. Lloyd Austin III, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Biden will nominate retired four-star Army general Lloyd J. Austin to be secretary of defense. That’s according to three people familiar with the decision who spoke on condition of anonymity because the selection hadn’t been formally announced. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

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President-elect Joe Biden has appointed former retired Gen. Lloyd Austin, the former commander of  US Central Command, as the Secretary of Defense, according to multiple media reports.

Former Alabama senator and longtime chair of the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners Larry Dixon died last week at age 78 from COVID-19. “We messed up,” Dixon said. “We just let our guard down. Please tell everybody to take this thing seriously and get help as soon as you get the virus.”

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