Leadership & Staff
Laura Cooper
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia
Christine E Wormuth
Biden Nominee for Secretary of the Army, Department of Defense; former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
James N Miller
former Defense Science Board member, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; member of Council on Foreign Relations and International Institute for Strategic Studies
Walter B Slocombe
Member, Advisory Board at The Marathon Initiative | Member, Board of Directors at Atlantic Council | Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
Thomas Williams
Performing the Duties of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
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Anthony Tata
Trump "official Performing the Duties of the Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Policy" - nomination withdrawn August 3 2020
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William N. Bryan
Under Secretary for Science and Technology at the Department of Homeland Security
Michael G Vickers
A former special-forces officer and CIA operative, Vickers is best known for his role arming the Afghan resistance fighters against the Soviet army in 1980s Afghanistan
Richard Perle
Leading Beltway neoconservative, Iraq hawk, former defense staffer