1. Laura Cooper is Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russian, Ukrainian, and Eurasian affairs in the office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, and a career member of the Senior Executive Service.
10 Facts About Laura Cooper
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Laura Cooper previously served as principal director in the office of the Homeland Defense and Global Security Affairs.
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Laura Cooper testified on November 20,2019, in an open hearing to that same committee.
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Laura Cooper is a 1992 graduate of Cor Jesu Academy high school and attended St Margaret Mary Alacoque school in south St Louis County, Missouri.
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Laura Cooper received a master's degree from Georgetown University in Foreign Service, and a Master of Science in National Resource Strategy from the National Defense University.
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Laura Cooper identified the major needs to reach these goals: the Ministry of Defense and the Afghan National Army needed to be reformed and rebuilt to counter the resurgent Taliban and the powerful warlords; a police force was needed to combat crime; the justice system had to be assisted to ensure the rule of law; prisons had to be built.
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Laura Cooper has described the Russian intervention in Ukraine as "a brazen violation of international law" after Ukrainian vessels were attacked by Russia in late November 2018.
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Laura Cooper has been supportive of continued military aid to Ukraine.
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Laura Cooper was the Pentagon official in charge of the aid package; she confirmed in December 2018 that the US would have a comprehensive response to Russian aggression.
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On October 23,2019, in defiance to a White House letter warning her not to appear before the impeachment inquiry, Laura Cooper testified in a closed-door deposition before congressional committees.