Michael G. Vickers

Michael G. Vickers
Michael G. Vickers
Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence
Incumbent
Assumed office
March 16, 2010
President Barack Obama
Preceded by James R. Clapper
United States Assistant Secretary of Defense
In office
July 23, 2007 – March 16, 2010
President George W. Bush
Barack Obama
Preceded by Thomas W. O'Connell
Succeeded by Michael D. Lumpkin (Acting)
Personal details
Born 1953
Alma mater University of Alabama (B.A.)
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (M.B.A.)
Johns Hopkins University (Ph.D.)

Michael G. Vickers (born 1953) was confirmed as the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence by the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee on March 16, 2011.[citation needed] Before becoming USD-I, Vickers served as United States Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict.[1][2] He is a former Army Special Forces non-commissioned officer and officer, as well as a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) paramilitary operations officer from their elite Special Activities Division.[3] While in the CIA, he played a key role in the arming of the resistance to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.[4] His role is featured in George Crile's 2003 book Charlie Wilson's War, and in the 2007 movie adaptation in which he is played by actor Christopher Denham.

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Career

From 1973 to 1986, Vickers served as a Army Special Forces NCO, later as a commissioned officer, and CIA paramilitary operations officer. In the mid-1980s, Vickers became involved with Operation Cyclone, the CIA program to arm Islamist Mujahideen during the Soviet war in Afghanistan. He was the head military strategist for the US, coordinating an effort that involved ten countries and providing direction to forces made up of over 500,000 Afghan fighters.[5] Later he was Senior Vice President, Strategic Studies, at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA), during which he provided advice on Iraq strategy to US President George H.W. Bush and his war cabinet.[5] In July 2007 he was confirmed by the United States Senate as Assistant Secretary of Defense, where he is the senior civilian advisor to the US Secretary of Defense on such matters as "counter-terrorism" strategy and operational employment of special operations forces, strategic forces, and conventional forces.[6] In 2004, he wrote an Op-Ed piece for USA Today in which he stated that the United States can be successful in Iraq by using a much smaller force modeled on its deployment in Afghanistan.[7]

Personal

Vickers attended the University of Alabama, where he graduated with honors, and went on to attend the Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania from which he received an MBA. He earned a Ph.D. in International Relations/Strategic Studies from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) under Professor Eliot A. Cohen. He is married with five daughters.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Political Scene". The Washington Times. January 12, 2011. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jan/12/political-scene-678184299/. Retrieved March 24, 2011. "A brief written exchange between Senate questioners and the Pentagon’s assistant secretary for special operations, Michael G. Vickers" 
  2. ^ "Defense.gov Biography: Michael G. Vickers". Defense.gov. U.S. Department of Defense. http://www.defense.gov/bios/biographydetail.aspx?biographyid=178. Retrieved March 24, 2011. 
  3. ^ Crile, George (2003). Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History. Atlantic Monthly Press. ISBN 0871138549. 
  4. ^ "Sorry Charlie this is Michael Vickers's War", Washington Post, 27 December 2007
  5. ^ a b c Bio page at the United States Department of Defense[dead link]
  6. ^ Nomination page at Whitehouse.gov[not in citation given]
  7. ^ For guidance on Iraq, look to Afghanistan: Use fewer U.S. troops, not more

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