{"id":136222,"date":"2017-10-12T15:46:19","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T15:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smg.go-vip.net\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/10\/12\/rood-named-as-pick-for-top-pentagon-policy-job\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:15:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:15:32","slug":"rood-named-as-pick-for-top-pentagon-policy-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2017\/10\/12\/rood-named-as-pick-for-top-pentagon-policy-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Rood named as pick for top Pentagon policy job"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 The White House has announced its intent to nominate John Rood as undersecretary of defense for policy, perhaps the Pentagon\u2019s most important vacancy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rood, who serves as senior vice president of Lockheed Martin International, has been long rumored to be the pick for the USD-P role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the Bush administration, Rood served as both acting undersecretary of state for arms control and international security, and assistant secretary of state for international security and nonproliferation, and previously worked as deputy assistant secretary of defense for forces policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this month, Defense News spoke with three former USD-Ps to outline the importance of that job being empty for nine months. One of those former officials, Eric Edelman, worked with Rood during the Bush administration and believes the Lockheed executive will succeed in the job.<\/p>\n\n\n\t