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Pentagon Names White House CTO As Acting Technology Chief

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, July 13th, 2020

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Pentagon Names White House CTO As Acting Technology Chief

Michael Kratsios, the Pentagon's Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering

The Pentagon has named Michael Kratsios, the White House’s chief technology officer, as its acting under secretary of defense for research and engineering. Kratsios will serve as the department’s top technology official following the resignation of Mike Griffin, who left the department last Friday. “In seeking to fill this position we wanted someone with experience in identifying and developing new technologies and working closely with a wide range of industry partners,” Defense Secretary Mark Esper said in a statement. “We…

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