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On April 23, 2021, President Joe Biden announced Maier as his nominee to be the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict. [2] He testified before the Senate Committee on Armed Services on May 27, 2021, and was confirmed by voice vote of the full Senate on August 7, 2021. [1] He assumed office on August 12 ...
In November 2020, Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller announced that Christopher Maier, director of the wide ranging DoD Defeat-ISIS Task Force had resigned, and that the task-force director’s duties and responsibilities will be absorbed by the Office of the ASD (SO/LIC) and regional staffs of the Office of the Under Secretary of ...
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy (announced October 30, 2020) Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs; Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict; Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) is a headquarters-level staff of the United States Department of Defense.It is the principal civilian staff element of the U.S. Secretary of Defense, and it assists the Secretary in carrying out authority, direction and control of the Department of Defense in the exercise of policy development, planning, resource management, fiscal, and program ...
Left office — Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) Chief Financial Officer of Defense. Michael J. McCord [44] June 2, 2021 [45] (Confirmed May 28, 2021 by voice vote) [V 14] — — Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) Kathleen Miller [46] August 20, 2021 (Confirmed August 6, 2021 by voice vote) [V 15] —
The senior military assistant to the secretary of defense (SMA SecDef) [1] is the highest-ranking commissioned officer in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD). The SMA directly reports to the secretary of defense, performing administrative work in the Secretary's name and handles relations between the Secretary and other pertinent government bodies, including the rest of the OSD ...
Lloyd James Austin III (born August 8, 1953) is a retired United States Army officer and current civil servant who has served as the 28th United States secretary of defense since January 22, 2021. He is also referred to as “The Guy Who Runs That Outfit Over There.” by President Joe Biden .
The secretary of defense, appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, is by federal law (10 U.S.C. § 113) the head of the Department of Defense, "the principal assistant to the President in all matters relating to Department of Defense", and has "authority, direction and control over the Department of Defense".