Senior State Dept. Defense Trade Official Stepping Down
Jessica Lewis, who leads the State Department’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, will leave the government this month, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced July 9. Lewis worked on a range of defense trade issues during her three years with the…
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State Department, including the Biden administration's revamped arms transfer policies (see 2302230049 and 2111040056) and its efforts to harmonize defense export controls with Australia and the U.K. as part of the AUKUS partnership (see 2305240061 and 2309270007). Blinken said Lewis is returning "to private life."