{"id":20871,"date":"2021-08-10T12:19:40","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T12:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2021\/08\/10\/mara-karlin-confirmed-to-lead-pentagon-strategy\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:53:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:53:42","slug":"mara-karlin-confirmed-to-lead-pentagon-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2021\/08\/10\/mara-karlin-confirmed-to-lead-pentagon-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Mara Karlin confirmed to lead Pentagon strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2015 The Senate on Monday confirmed veteran defense official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2021\/04\/16\/mara-karlin-selected-to-lead-pentagon-strategy-office\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mara Karlin<\/a> to lead Pentagon strategy hours after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2021\/04\/28\/hawley-bill-would-spotlight-chinese-electronics-at-defense-firms\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sen. Josh Hawley<\/a>, R-Mo., announced he\u2019d lifted a procedural hold on the nomination over China policy concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hawley\u2019s hold delayed Karlin\u2019s bid to be assistant secretary of defense for strategy, plans and capabilities. But he said he released it after receiving Karlin\u2019s assurances that she favors centering the Pentagon\u2019s force planning process on China and that she believes in employing a strategy of \u201cdeterrence-by-denial\u201d \u2015 as opposed to deterrence by punishment alone \u2015 to counter China and its aggression toward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/asia-pacific\/2021\/08\/06\/us-government-clears-750-million-artillery-sale-to-taiwan\/\" target=\"_blank\">Taiwan<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those assurances came in an Aug. 6 letter from Karlin to Hawley that he released Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2021\/08\/08\/senate-confirms-del-toro-as-78th-secnav\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/carlos-del-toro.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Senate confirms Del Toro as 78th SECNAV<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The retired Navy officer and businessman has cited China and climate change as the predominant threats facing the force.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Karlin is expected to lead the development of the next national defense strategy, a guiding document for the Defense Department\u2019s future. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/breaking-news\/2018\/01\/19\/national-defense-strategy-released-with-clear-priority-stay-ahead-of-russia-and-china\/\" target=\"_blank\">2018 National Defense Strategy<\/a> put strategic competition with Russia and China front and center and above countering terror.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Karlin has served in national security roles for five U.S. secretaries of defense, most recently as the the acting assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs. She served on the Biden-Harris transition team and, before that, as director of strategic studies at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Monday, the Senate also confirmed Caral Spangler \u2015 who cleared the Senate Armed Services Committee with Karlin and others in a July 27 voice vote \u2015to be Army comptroller and assistant secretary of the Army for financial management. Gil Cisneros, the pick for undersecretary for personnel and readiness, is the last of that group awaiting floor consideration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Senate has confirmed veteran defense official Mara Karlin to lead Pentagon strategy hours after Sen. 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