{"id":67847,"date":"2024-06-05T15:23:58","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T15:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2024\/06\/05\/us-defense-secretary-austins-chief-of-staff-to-step-down-this-summer\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:06:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:06:04","slug":"us-defense-secretary-austins-chief-of-staff-to-step-down-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2024\/06\/05\/us-defense-secretary-austins-chief-of-staff-to-step-down-this-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"US Defense Secretary Austin\u2019s chief of staff to step down this summer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PARIS \u2014 Kelly Magsamen, who has served as chief of staff to U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin his entire tenure, will step down at the end of June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Austin announced the change in a statement, crediting her for \u201cevery initiative I have launched to defend our nation,\u201d which includes work in the three areas of the world that now consume the Pentagon\u2019s attention: the Indo-Pacific region, Europe and the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Magsamen\u2019s last week has been an illustration of that split. She joined Austin for the Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia\u2019s largest defense conference, where he met with world leaders and in particular China\u2019s new defense minister. Then she joined him for trips to Cambodia \u2014 where she sat beside him in meetings with the country\u2019s leadership \u2014 and Paris, where Austin is staying during the 80th anniversary ceremony of D-Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another defining part of her time in office was when Austin was hospitalized earlier this year after complications from a surgery to treat prostate cancer. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2024\/01\/08\/austin-chief-of-staff-failed-to-tell-anyone-about-his-hospitalization\/\" target=\"_blank\">Magsamen did not inform others in the Pentagon nor the U.S. government \u2014 including the president<\/a>. The Pentagon has since explained the delay by saying she was also sick, and Austin took the blame for the delay, <a href=\"https:\/\/armedservices.house.gov\/hearings\/full-committee-hearing-review-defense-secretary-austin-s-unannounced-absence\" target=\"_blank\">sitting for a grilling in front of the House Armed Services Committee in February.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/News-Stories\/Article\/Article\/3687475\/department-releases-unclassified-review-summary-following-austins-hospitalizati\/\" target=\"_blank\">A review of the incident<\/a> ordered by Austin recommended protocol changes but didn\u2019t result in staff discipline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Magsamen has worked across Washington\u2019s national security institutions, including previous stints at the State Department and the National Security Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cKelly\u2019s leadership, counsel, and selfless service made our nation safer, made the lives of our people better and more rewarding, and rendered the heavy burden of this office of mine a good bit lighter,\u201d Austin said in the statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh didn\u2019t say where Magsamen is headed, only that the chief of staff is \u201ctaking time off before she pursues other opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Caroline Zier, Magsamen\u2019s deputy, will serve as acting chief of staff after Magsamen steps down, according to Maj. 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