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