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The Pentagon announced that Mara Karlin, performing the duties of deputy undersecretary of defense for policy, is departing her job next week for a return to academia.
Top Pentagon policy official Mara Karlin is stepping down from her role at the end of the month, leaving an even bigger gap in confirmed Department of Defense (DOD) leaders thanks to Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-Ala.) continued hold on numerous senior military and civilian nominees. Karlin — who was key in helping develop the Biden…
Mara Karlin, who oversaw the drafting of the Biden administration's national defense strategy and has filled in as the Pentagon’s no.-3 top official, and Dana Stroul, the department’s Middle East policy director, are both stepping down as Congressional dysfunction threatens to hold up their replacement.