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Pentagon

Biden Announces Transition Team Reviewing Pentagon, Led By CSIS’ Kathleen Hicks

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, November 11th, 2020

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Biden Announces Transition Team Reviewing Pentagon, Led By CSIS’ Kathleen Hicks

Kathleen Hicks, Director of CSIS' International Security Program. Photo: CSIS.

President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday announced his team leading the agency review of the Pentagon during the transition period, which will include several former Department of Defense officials and a number of think tank experts. The team is led by Kathleen Hicks, a former principal deputy undersecretary of defense for policy and deputy undersecretary of defense for strategy, plans, and forces during the Obama administration, who now heads the Center for Strategic & International Studies’ (CSIS) International Security Program. Hicks…

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