Kaidanow leaving State for DOD

Tina Kaidanow, acting assistant secretary of state for political-military affairs, will be leaving the State Department to become the Pentagon's director of international cooperation, according to Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Ellen Lord.

Lord made the announcement at the National Press Club in Washington during the ComDef 2018 conference.

While at State, Kaidanow has been an advocate for streamlining and increasing foreign military sales.

"Under this administration, there will be no more active advocate for arms sales than the U.S. government itself," she said Aug. 8 at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.