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She worked in a number of congressional staff positions, most notably policy director for the House Armed Services Committee under then-Chairman Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, immediately before heading to the department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bingen\u2019s last day will be Jan. 10, according to a department spokesman. Her planned exit was first reported by Politico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She becomes the fourth top defense official to announce plans to leave the department in the last week. On Dec. 12, it was announced that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2019\/12\/12\/schriver-pentagon-asia-policy-lead-exits-building\/\">Randall Schriver<\/a>, the Pentagon\u2019s top Asia policy official, would be leaving shortly. One day later, on Dec. 13, Jimmy Stewart, who served as the acting undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness since October 2018, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/12\/13\/pentagons-top-personnel-official-retires\/\">announced his retirement<\/a> from federal service. And on Tuesday, Defense News reported that Steven Walker, who served as the 21st head of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/breaking-news\/2019\/12\/17\/darpa-head-resigns-moving-on-to-industry\/\">will leave<\/a> the position on Jan. 10 for an industry job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The apparent Defense Department exodus has opened the Trump administration up to a new avenue of criticism. the Senate Armed Services Committee\u2019s ranking member, Sen. 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