The Pentagon confiscated a foreign reporter’s phone and forbade them from using all electronic devices while traveling with the deputy secretary of defense.
The Pentagon confiscated a foreign reporter’s phone and forbade them from using all electronic devices while traveling with the deputy secretary of defense.
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“This committee has relied on Dr. Hicks’ expertise to shape defense policy and conduct oversight, and I am pleased we are advancing her nomination to serve as deputy secretary of Defense with strong, bipartisan support. This position is critical to national defense, and I hope the full Senate will confirm her as soon as possible, without needless delay.”
Hicks served as a deputy under secretary of Defense during the Obama administration. Before her nomination to be deputy Defense secretary, she led the international security program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Biden s historic selection of Hicks comes after the president chose a recently retired general to be Defense secretary.
I am worried about the state of the readiness of the nuclear triad, Deputy SecDef nominee Kath Hicks tells the Senate Armed Services Committee this morning, “and, if confirmed, that is an area I would want to get my team in place and start to look at right away.”
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Paul McLeary on February 02, 2021 at 1:04 PM