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HASC Aide Tapped For DoD Intel Post

By Marc Selinger

Tuesday, April 25th, 2017

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HASC Aide Tapped For DoD Intel Post

The Pentagon, headquarters of the Department of Defense. DoD photo by Master Sgt. Ken Hammond, U.S. Air Force.

President Donald Trump plans to nominate Kari Bingen, policy director for the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), to be principal deputy undersecretary of defense for intelligence, the White House announced late April 24.Bingen "has been a principal adviser to HASC members and House leadership on defense policy and strategic force issues," the White House said. Previously, she was a senior space policy analyst at the Aerospace Corp., where she supported the defense and intelligence community. Trump has also picked Robert…

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