Present US Secretary of Defense, then-General Lloyd Austin III, commander of the US Central Command, speaking at a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee March 8, 2016 in Washington, DC. Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

Present US Secretary of Defense, then-General Lloyd Austin III, commander of the US Central Command, speaking at a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee March 8, 2016 in Washington, DC. Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images