Austin has not been out of the military for the required 7 years and will need a waiver from Congress to become SecDef. He will be the second Pentagon chief in just four years to require such a waiver, after Jim Mattis. More on this from @BryanDBender: https://t.co/YLeozqnjea

— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) December 8, 2020