President-elect Biden intends to nominate former Pentagon officialKathleen Hicks to serve as deputy defense secretary, according to anannouncement from Biden’s team.Hicks is currently the head of Biden’s Pentagon transition team. Shepreviously served in the Obama administration as principal deputy undersecretary of defense for policy and deputy under secretary of defense forstrategy, plans, and forces, where she led the development of the 2012Defense Strategic Guidance and the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review.
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