{"id":59774,"date":"2021-07-26T19:13:47","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T19:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2021\/07\/26\/pentagon-adding-new-china-and-tech-chiefs\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:28:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:28:15","slug":"pentagon-adding-new-china-and-tech-chiefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2021\/07\/26\/pentagon-adding-new-china-and-tech-chiefs\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon adding new China and tech chiefs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2015 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2021\/06\/10\/austin-milley-defend-biden-defense-budgets-weapon-cuts-to-wary-lawmakers\/\" target=\"_blank\">Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin<\/a> on Sunday swore in the newest assistant secretary of defense for Indo-Pacific security, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2021\/04\/21\/indo-pacific-dni-deputy-nominees-named\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ely Ratner<\/a>, who is one of the latest of President Joe Biden\u2019s Pentagon nominees to receive Senate approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ratner, a former deputy national security adviser to Biden who\u2019s been leading the Pentagon\u2019s China Task Force, was sworn in aboard an Air Force E-4B on Austin\u2019s trip to Singapore, Vietnam and the Philippines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Senate confirmed Ratner and the following Pentagon nominations by unanimous consent on July 22. The move represents partial progress, as a number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2021\/07\/13\/a-dozen-of-bidens-national-security-nominees-are-on-hold-in-the-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\">national security nominees were being held<\/a> by Republican and Democratic senators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2021\/04\/27\/biden-picking-shyu-for-dod-research-and-engineering-chief\/\" target=\"_blank\">Heidi Shyu<\/a>, to be undersecretary of defense for research and engineering<\/li><li>Shawn Skelly, to be an assistant secretary of defense<\/li><li>Meredith Berger, to be assistant Navy secretary<\/li><li>Gina Ortiz Jones, to be undersecretary of the Air Force<\/li><li>Caroline Krass, to be Pentagon general counsel<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThese deeply qualified public servants represent decades of combined expertise and leadership in national security and defense policy, and I am grateful for their willingness to serve the country at this critical time,\u201d Austin said in a statement over the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs we embark on my second trip to the Indo-Pacific, I am delighted for the opportunity to administer the oath to Ely aboard the aircraft. 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