Hicks says she knows her reputation is 'on the line' with Replicator

By Tony Bertuca / March 20, 2024 at 5:52 PM
Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks said today that she is comfortable being the senior-most visible Pentagon official charged with bringing the department's new Replicator program across the finish line, even if it means her own reputation is at stake. “Obviously, as is quite clear, I am bearing the risk on Replicator,” she said at the Reagan Institute’s National Security Innovation Base Summit in Washington. “I think it’s a very good risk to take,” she continued, explaining that the program’s goal...

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