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Biden Taps Kathleen Hicks to Be the Pentagon s First Female Deputy SecDef
Then-Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert B. Neller speaks to Senior Vice President and Director of the International Security Program, Dr. Kathleen H. Hicks at the Center for Strategic International Studies, Washington, D.C., Jan. 25, 2018. (Olivia G. Ortiz/U.S. Marine Corps)
30 Dec 2020
President-Elect Joe Biden has selected a recipient of the Defense Department Senior Professional Women s Association Excellence in Leadership Award to be the Pentagon s No. 2 official.
Dr. Kathleen Hicks, most recently senior vice president and director of the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, will be nominated for deputy secretary of defense, Biden announced Wednesday. Hicks has also led Biden s Defense Department transition team, working to coordinate Pentagon briefings since the election.
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Top Stories 2020: International Naval Operations
December 30, 2020 12:03 PM
Motor Tanker (M/T) Wila, a merchant vessel in international waters en-route to the UAE port of Khor Fakkan, in the Gulf of Oman, was boarded by armed Iranian personnel who fast roped aboard the ship from an Iranian Sea King helicopter as it hovered above on Aug. 12, 2020. US Navy Photo
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Like the U.S., international navies grappled with not only the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic but regional security concerns from China’s naval expansion and operations in the Pacific to Iranian and Russian operations in the Middle East.
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