Kathleen Hicks
Kathleen Hicks | |
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Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy | |
In office May 24, 2012 – July 2, 2013 | |
President | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | James Miller |
Succeeded by | Brian P. McKeon |
Personal details | |
Born | Kathleen Anne Holland September 25, 1970 Fairfield, California, U.S. |
Spouse | Thomas W. Hicks |
Children | 3 |
Education | Mount Holyoke College (BA) University of Maryland, College Park (MPA) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD) |
Kathleen Anne Holland Hicks
Education
Hicks completed a B.A. in history and politics at
Career
From 1993 to 2006, Hicks was a career civil servant in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, rising from Presidential Management Intern to the Senior Executive Service. She was a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) from 2006 to 2009, leading a variety of national security research projects.[6]
During the
Hicks formerly served as a senior vice president, Henry A. Kissinger Chair, and director of the international security program at CSIS. She concurrently served as the Donald Marron scholar at the
United States Deputy Secretary of Defense
On December 30, 2020, Hicks was announced as then U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's nominee for the
Hicks was tasked with leading the modernization of the U.S.' nuclear triad.[17][18]
In January 2024, Secretary of Defense
2023 interview with Jon Stewart
In April 2023, Hicks sat down with comedian Jon Stewart for a wide ranging interview at the War Horse Symposium in Chicago. Stewart addressed questions to her regarding military spending and the failures to help veterans. He described the failure to pass annual audits as evidence of "waste, fraud, and abuse" adding, "Congress gave [the military] billions of dollars to go to war, every year, for a lot of years, and then the veterans have to fight for money on the back end".[21] Hicks acknowledged that those issues did "play into recruiting and retention challenges for defense officials".[22] The exchange went viral online with many praising Stewart for highlighting the issue, while Hicks was criticized for laughing at Stewart's concerns and making condescending comments such as asking Stewart if he knew what an audit was.[23][24] Laura Seligman of Politico wrote of the exchange, "One potential hurdle for Hicks is the bad press from an interview with Jon Stewart, [who] ripped military spending as “corruption” and Hicks came off looking defensive".[25]
Selected works
- Hicks, Kathleen; Ridge, Eric (2007). Planning for Stability Operations: The Use of Capabilities-based Approaches. Center for Strategic and International Studies. ISBN 978-0-89206-515-8.
- Hicks, Kathleen H. (2008). Invigorating Defense Department Governance: A Beyond Goldwater-Nichols, Phase 4, Report. Center for Strategic and International Studies. ISBN 978-0-89206-528-8.
- Hicks, Kathleen H.; ISBN 978-0-89206-568-4.
- Alterman, Jon B.; Hicks, Kathleen H. (2015). Federated Defense in the Middle East. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-5881-5.
- Hicks, Kathleen H.; ISBN 978-1-4422-5968-3.
- Hicks, Kathleen H.; Samp, Lisa Sawyer (2017). Recalibrating U.S. Strategy toward Russia: A New Time for Choosing. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-8006-9.
- Hicks, Kathleen H.; Lauter, Louis; McElhinny, Colin (2018). Beyond the Water's Edge: Measuring the Internationalism of Congress. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-8088-5.
References
- ^ a b "Nominations Before The Senate Armed Services Committee, Second Session, 112th Congress". U.S. Congress. 2013. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
- ^ "PN79-5 — Kathleen Holland Hicks — Department of Defense". U.S. Congress. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
- ^ "Hicks, Kathleen H." Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
- ^ Department of Defense Key Officials September 1947–December 2020 (PDF). Historical Office, Office of the Secretary of Defense. p. 35. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
- ^ Vislocky, Jana (February 19, 2021). "Who's Who in Defense: Kathleen Hicks, Deputy Secretary Of Defense". Breaking Defense. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
- ^ a b c "Biography: Commission on the National Defense Strategy for the United States" (PDF). Commission on the National Defense Strategy for the United States. Retrieved December 30, 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ OCLC 671485930.
- ^ Zimmerman, Leda (May 4, 2020). "A forum for female voices in international security". MIT News. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
- ^ Rozen, Laura (April 2, 2009). "Pentagon appointments". Foreign Policy. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
- ^ Sullivan, Kate; Lee, MJ (December 30, 2020). "Biden names Kathleen Hicks as first woman deputy defense secretary". CNN. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
- ^ a b Seck, Hope Hodge (December 30, 2020). "Biden Taps Kathleen Hicks to Be the Pentagon's First Female Deputy SecDef". Military.com. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
- ^ Call to Action: CSIS-LSHTM High-Level Panel on Vaccine Confidence and Misinformation, October 19, 2020 Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
- ^ "How Kathleen Hicks will approach nukes, shipbuilding and the budget". DefenseNews. February 2, 2021. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
- ^ "DOD Announces New Deputy Secretary of Defense" (Press release). U.S. Department of Defense. February 9, 2021. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
- ^ Seligman, Lara (December 30, 2020). "Kathleen Hicks is Biden's pick to be first female deputy Defense secretary". Politico. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
- ^ Hinchliffe, Emma; Goodkind, Nicole (November 12, 2021). "The highest-ranking female official at the Pentagon is used to being the only woman in the room". Fortune. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
- ^ Paul McCleary (2 Feb 2021) DepSecDef Will Run Most Missile Defense, Nuke Modernization; SecDef Recused
- ^ Paul McCleary (24 Feb 2021) New Hicks Memo Sets Acquisition, Force Posture 2022 Budget Priorities Feb. 17 memo.
- ^ "The 3 biggest questions of the Austin saga". Politico. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
- ^ "Lloyd Austin hospitalized for a bladder issue; duties transferred to deputy defense secretary". NBC News. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
- ^ ""That's f**king corruption!": Jon Stewart corners top Pentagon official in epic confrontation". Salon. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
- ^ "Jon Stewart blasts 'corruption' in Pentagon spending priorities". Yahoo News. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
- Newsweek. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
- ^ "Deputy SECDEF shows ridiculous indignation at Jon Stewart for asking about corruption". American Military News. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
- ^ "In a second Trump or Biden term, who'd be the next defense chief?". Politico. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
External links
- Media related to Kathleen H. Hicks at Wikimedia Commons
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Kathleen Hicks on Twitter