The third longest-serving deputy secretary of defense, William J. Lynn III, will be resigning this fall. The nation’s 30th deputy secretary has spent the last two decades in government service, beginning with
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William J. Lynn III was named the 30th deputy secretary of defense by President Barack Obama in 2009. He worked in a number of positions in the Defense Department, including director of
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Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III helped launch last week a new $500 million-dollar government initiative aimed at bolstering “advanced manufacturing,†by bringing together private industry, academia and the government to
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Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III said the Defense Department needs the defense industry to take the long view as Pentagon budgets are expected to be cut. “Those of us in
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Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III unveiled the Defense Department’s new energy strategy at a Pentagon briefing yesterday, describing the plan as a way to increase energy efficiency and adapt the
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The threat landscape faced by the Defense Department is rapidly shifting, even as the Pentagon navigates uncertain budget waters, Deputy Defense William J. Lynn III said this week at the Center for
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The public unveiling of the administration’s international cybersecurity strategy yesterday brought out leading national security advisers, diplomats, and industry and academic representatives, all recognizing that in 2011 cybersecurity is a part of
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The Defense Department’s newly released National Security Space Strategy has made it clear – once known as the final frontier, the race to leverage technology and capabilities in space has opened up
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The Defense Department is making ‘prudent’ plans for the increasingly likely possibility of a government shutdown, as the latest string of stopgap spending measures is due to expire April 8. “While the
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As Congress mulls passing another extension of a stopgap spending measure to avoid a government shutdown, Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III said the Defense Department would likely face a number
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