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Senate Confirms Kathleen Hicks As Deputy Defense Secretary

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, February 9th, 2021

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Senate Confirms Kathleen Hicks As Deputy Defense Secretary

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks reacts to the start of her Senate confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C. Feb. 2, 2021. (DoD photo by EJ Hersom)

The Senate on Monday evening voted to confirm Kathleen Hicks as Biden’s deputy defense secretary, becoming the first woman confirmed to serve as the Pentagon’s no. 2 official. Hicks, who was a top policy official at the department during the Obama administration, most recently served as senior vice president of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) before leading Biden’s Pentagon transition team. “Today, Dr. Hicks made history and I know she will get right to work in this…

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