Kathleen Hicks is the first Senate-confirmed woman in this role.
12 Facts About Kathleen Hicks
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Kathleen Hicks is the highest ranking woman currently serving in the United States Department of Defense.
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Kathleen Hicks's dissertation was titled Change Agents: Who Leads and Why in the Execution of US National Security Policy.
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From 1993 to 2006, Kathleen Hicks was a career civil servant in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, rising from Presidential Management Intern to the Senior Executive Service.
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Kathleen Hicks was a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies from 2006 to 2009, leading a variety of national security research projects.
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In 2012, Kathleen Hicks was the principal deputy under secretary of defense for policy during the Obama administration.
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Kathleen Hicks was a presidentially appointed commissioner for the National Commission on the Future of the Army.
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Kathleen Hicks is a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and serves on the boards of advisors for the Truman National Security Project and SoldierStrong.
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Kathleen Hicks concurrently served as the Donald Marron scholar at the Paul H Nitze School of Advanced International Studies.
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On December 30,2020, Kathleen Hicks was announced as US President-elect Joe Biden's nominee for the United States deputy secretary of defense.
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Kathleen Hicks appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee on February 2,2021.
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Kathleen Hicks was confirmed by voice vote by the full Senate on February 8,2021 and sworn into office on February 9,2021.