Kenneth Handelman
Kenneth Handelman | |
|---|---|
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| Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs | |
Acting | |
| In office January 2020 – July 2020 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Elissa Slotkin |
| Succeeded by | Robert Karem |
| Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs | |
Acting | |
| In office May 21, 2010 – August 1, 2011 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Michael Nacht |
| Succeeded by | Madelyn R. Creedon |
| Personal details | |
| Education | Columbia University (BA, MA) American University (JD) |
Kenneth B. Handelman is an American government official who served as acting assistant secretary of defense for global strategic affairs and acting assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs.[1]
Education[edit]
Handelman earned a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in international affairs from Columbia University.[2][3] He earned a Juris Doctor from Washington College of Law at American University.[3]
Career[edit]
From April 1987 to January 1995, Handelman was legislative assistant and legislative director for Senator Howard Metzenbaum of Ohio.[2]
From 1995 to 2013, he served a variety of roles in the United States Department of Defense. For three years, he was special assistant for programs and legislation to Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Walt Slocombe. He was named principal deputy assistant secretary for global strategic affairs in 2009,[4] and served as acting assistant secretary of defense for global strategic affairs from 2010 to 2011.[5][6][7] His main responsibilities included developing policies for countering weapons of mass destruction, overseeing the U.S. nuclear and ballistic missile defense force structure, and DoD space and cyber activities.[2][8]
In 2013, he joined the United States Department of State as deputy assistant secretary of state for defense trade controls in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, where he oversaw the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) and provided policy guidance regarding the transfer of defense technologies to other countries through commercial defense trade.[9][10]
He returned to The Pentagon in July 2015 and served as principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs. From January to July 2017, Handelman was the acting assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs.[11]
In July 2021, Handelman was reported by Foreign Policy to have served as acting assistant secretary of defense for Indo-Pacific security affairs after the departure of David F. Helvey, the United States Department of Defense's top Asia official and served in that role until Ely Ratner was sworn in on July 25, 2021.[12]
References[edit]
- ↑ "DoD Senior Leadership" (PDF). Air Force Magazine. July 2017. Retrieved August 20, 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Handelman, Kenneth B." U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Kenneth B. Handelman". www.defense.gov. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
- ↑ "New Faces | InsideDefense.com". insidedefense.com. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
- ↑ "Department of Defense Key Officials September 1947–May 2021" (PDF). history.defense.gov. 2021-05-12. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
- ↑ "- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012 AND THE FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM". www.govinfo.gov. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
- ↑ Capabilities, United States Congress House Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and (2011). Hearing on National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 and Oversight of Previously Authorized Programs Before the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, First Session: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities Hearing on Counterproliferation Strategy and the Fiscal Year 2012 National Defense Authorization Budget Request for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency and Chemical Biological Defense Program, Hearing Held March 11, 2011. U.S. Government Printing Office. ISBN 978-0-16-089336-0. Search this book on
- ↑ "News from the Farnborough International Airshow | U.S. Government Officials Tout Benefit of Space Technology Export Reforms". SpaceNews. 2014-07-17. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
- ↑ "Interagency Panel". www.bis.doc.gov. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
- ↑ "Department of State Promotes U.S. Aerospace and Defense Technology at Aero India 2015". U.S. Embassy & Consulates in India. 2015-02-17. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
- ↑ "U.S.-Russian Officials Conduct Video Conference on Syrian Airspace Safety". Air University (AU). Retrieved 2021-08-20.
- ↑ Detsch, Jack. "Biden Loses Top Pentagon Asia Hand". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
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