Aviano AB, Italy, has a new $36.9 million hospital that opened to visitors Tuesday, reports Stars and Stripes. The 18-bed hospital, whose staff actually has been treating patients since the beginning of the month, took over the space allocated to the base’s old clinic.
Lloyd Austin, President-elect Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Pentagon, spent his Senate confirmation hearing on Jan. 19 pressing his civilian bona fides to lawmakers, with some pledging opposition to the waiver Austin would need to become the nation’s first Black Defense Secretary. Austin spent 40 years in the military…