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Pentagon deputy nominee wants cyber strategy clarification February 2 Kathleen Hicks, deputy defense secretary nominee, at her confirmation hearing Feb. 2 before the Senate Armed Services Committee. (EJ Hersom/DoD) WASHINGTON While largely agreeing with the Defense Department’s more proactive approach to cyberspace in the last few years, President Joe Biden’s nominee for the No. 2 spot at the Pentagon has key questions about the defend forward concept. “I am supportive of the approach. I think, if confirmed, what I would like to understand better is exactly how the authorities are being executed, what kind of oversight is involved, how we are consulting with allies and partners, whose systems we might operate on,” said Kathleen Hicks at her deputy defense secretary confirmation hearing Feb. 2 before the Senate Armed Services Committee.