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“FY 2018 Endgame: Assessing the State of Defense”

by The Hon. Kathleen Hicks

Originally published by the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Read the full report here

 

This commentary outlines the various successes and failures of the budgeting process for defense for the following year. Hicks concludes that, “The Department of Defense is, at best, managing through and, at worst, muddling through, its most challenging period in modern times.” 
The Hon. Kathleen Hicks

The Hon. Kathleen Hicks

The Honorable Dr. Kathleen H. Hicks serves as the 35th Deputy Secretary of Defense. Previously, she held senior positions at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. From 2009 to 2013, she served as a senior civilian official in the Department of Defense. Her 25-year career has also included time served in the Obama administration in senior positions in defense policy and strategy, and she has become an expert in issues such as counterterrorism and homeland security, long-term futures, and weapons of mass destruction proliferation.
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