Anonymous ID: 48e52c Dec. 30, 2020, 9:04 a.m. No.12238115   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>8134 >>8150 >>8170 >>8278

Kathleen Hicks is Bidenโ€™s pick to be first female deputy Defense secretary

 

President-elect Joe Biden has picked Kathleen Hicks, a former Pentagon official under President Obama, to serve as deputy secretary of defense. If confirmed, she would make history as the first woman to hold the No. 2 Pentagon job.

 

Formerly a civil servant in the office of the secretary of defense who rose to hold several top policy and strategy posts, Hicks has been the rumored front runner for the No. 2 Pentagon job for months.

 

Since November, Hicks has led the Biden transition effort at the Pentagon as director of the Department of Defense agency review team. She most recently served as senior vice president, Henry Kissinger chair and director of the international security program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

 

Biden has also settled on Colin Kahl, another former Pentagon official overseeing Middle East Affairs who was national security adviser to then-Vice President Joe Biden, be undersecretary of defense for policy. Kahl is currently co-director of the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University.

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/kathleen-hicks-biden-pick-first-151611759.html