Jan. 10, 2025 Hicks Outlines Plan Tied to Strategic Competition With China Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks spoke about "four lessons" she views as critical for prevailing in the U.S. strategic competition with China.
March 11, 2024 DOD's 2025 Budget Request Provides 4.5% Raise for Service Members The Defense Department laid out details of its $849.8 billion budget request, which is expected to fund operations during fiscal year 2025.
Jan. 12, 2024 DOD Releases First Defense Industrial Strategy The National Defense Industrial Strategy lays out long-term priorities that will guide DOD actions and resource prioritization with the aim of creating a modern, resilient defense industrial ecosystem.
Jan. 10, 2024 Hicks: U.S. Aims to Prevent Conflict in Space, Other Domains Through Deterrence The U.S. is committed to preventing conflict through deterrence by making clear to its competitors that the costs of aggression would far outweigh any conceivable benefits, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks said.
Dec. 9, 2022 Hicks Says U.S. Strengthening Indo-Pacific Alliances Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen H. Hicks discussed DOD's investments in military-to-military activities with allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific region during an Aspen Security Forum event in Washington.
March 1, 2022 Australia to Provide Lethal, Nonlethal Aid to Ukraine Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen H. Hicks met with Australian Defense Secretary Greg Moriarty to advance the United States-Australia alliance and compare perspectives on managing national defense enterprises.
Nov. 29, 2021 Mission Partner Environment Cuts Decision Making, Kill Chain The DOD's Mission Partner Environment will allow partner nations to use their own networks to connect to SABRE and seamlessly share information between them so that decisions can be made more quickly.
Sept. 24, 2021 Deputy Secretary, German Defense Leader Meet for Talks Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen H. Hicks and Benedikt Zimmer, Germany's state secretary of the Federal Ministry of Defense, met at the Pentagon to reaffirm the U.S.-Germany bilateral relationship.
Sept. 21, 2021 Deputy Defense Secretary, U.K. Counterpart Discuss Defense, Security Priorities Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen H. Hicks met with U.K. National Security Advisor Sir Stephen Lovegrove to reaffirm the U.S.-U.K. bilateral relationship, a Defense Department spokesman said.