“Not only did Secretary Austin not tell Deputy Secretary Hicks or his senior staff about his medical condition or appointments, he specifically told one junior staff member ‘if anyone had any ...

Kathleen Hicks is the Department of Defense’s deputy secretary. She was confirmed by the Senate in February 2021, making her the first woman to assume the second-highest ranking civilian job at ...

Austin III (Secretary Austin), to Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks (Deputy Secretary Hicks), during Secretary Austin’s hospitalizations in December 2023, January 2024, and February ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Kathleen H. Hicks is a Deputy Secretary for the Department of Defense with 76 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2009 Senate Committee as a ...

Deputy Defence Secretary Kathleen Hicks on Friday spoke about "four lessons" she views as critical for prevailing in the US strategic competition with China. During a keynote address on Friday at ...

Gianna Chiavarone/U.S. Army) In a speech last August ... ‘Will it stick?’” said Hicks, the deputy secretary of defense. That second question soon won’t be hers to answer.

The Pentagon’s internal watchdog found that both Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks violated protocol in their handling of a medical crisis last year ...

Neither Austin’s chief of staff nor Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks knew of his cancer diagnosis or the procedure he underwent in December 2023. In fact, OIG notes that "nearly all of ...