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WASHINGTON, Nov. 14, 2014 – President Barack Obama has
nominated Elissa Slotkin to be assistant secretary of defense for international
security affairs.
Slotkin has been DoD’s principal deputy assistant secretary
of defense for international security affairs since 2012.
“I am honored that these talented individuals have decided
to serve our country,” Obama said in a White House statement. “They bring their
years of experience and expertise to this administration, and I look forward to
working with them in the months and years to come.”
Slotkin has been the principal deputy under secretary of defense
for policy since 2013. She was chief of staff to the assistant secretary of
defense for international security affairs in 2012, and from 2011 to ’12 she
was a DoD senior adviser for Middle East Transition.
From 2009 to ’11, Slotkin was a senior adviser on Iraq at
the State Department, and from 2007 to ’09, she was the National Security
Council’s director for Iraq.
Slotkin also worked at the Central Intelligence Agency and
in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence from 2003 to ’ 07. Previously,
she worked for organizations in Massachusetts, Israel, Tanzania and Kenya.
Slotkin received a bachelor’s from Cornell University and a
master’s from Columbia University. Her
nomination is subject to Senate confirmation.
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