{"id":64787,"date":"2023-05-17T15:06:32","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T15:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2023\/05\/17\/pentagon-policy-chief-kahl-to-leave-after-summer-nato-summit\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:56:08","slug":"pentagon-policy-chief-kahl-to-leave-after-summer-nato-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2023\/05\/17\/pentagon-policy-chief-kahl-to-leave-after-summer-nato-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon policy chief Kahl to leave after summer NATO summit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Colin Kahl, who has served for two years as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2021\/03\/04\/what-the-pentagons-top-policy-nominee-thinks-about-nukes-iran-and-other-priorities\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pentagon\u2019s policy chief<\/a> under the Biden administration, will resign this summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kahl, who the Senate confirmed as undersecretary of defense for policy in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2021\/04\/27\/bidens-pentagon-policy-chief-colin-kahl-poised-for-confirmation-with-gop-senators-absent\/\" target=\"_blank\">party-line vote in April 2021<\/a>, will return to his role as a professor at Stanford University, a Defense Department official familiar with Kahl\u2019s plans told Defense News. The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the individual was not authorized to talk publicly on the matter, said Kahl is still notifying his colleagues about the plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kahl\u2019s planned resignation was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/national-security\/colin-kahl-leaves-pentagon-summer-rcna84829\" target=\"_blank\">first reported by NBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The official said that Stanford originally agreed to allow Kahl a two-year leave of absence from his professorship. But as that mid-April deadline approached, Kahl got Stanford\u2019s permission to stay on a few months more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The extension will allow Kahl to remain in his role supporting and advising Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin through the NATO Summit planned for July 11-12 in Vilnius, Lithuania, the official said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The official said there is no specific date yet set for Kahl\u2019s return to Stanford, but staying on for the Vilnius summit \u2014 which the official called an \u201cimportant milestone event\u201d for the department \u2014 will keep him in his current role at least through mid-July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kahl\u2019s confirmation in 2021 was tumultuous, and Senate Republicans unanimously objected to making him the No. 3 civilian at the Pentagon. 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