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    Christopher C. Miller

    Acting U.S. Secretary of Defense during the last months of the Trump administration

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  1. Christopher Charles Miller (born October 15, 1965) is an American retired United States Army Special Forces colonel who served as acting United States secretary of defense from November 9, 2020, to January 20, 2021.

  2. Mr. Christopher C. Miller served as the Acting Secretary of Defense, from Nov. 9, 2020, until Jan. 20, 2021. Earlier in 2020, he Performed the Duties of the Assistant Secretary of...

  3. Nov 10, 2020 · When President Donald Trump announced Monday via tweet that he'd fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper and installed Christopher C. Miller, head of the National Counterterrorism Center, as...

    • Miller Was an Aide to President Donald Trump on the National Security Council From 2018 to 2019.
    • Miller Served in the U.S. Army From 1983 Until 2014, Including in Iraq & Afghanistan, & Commanded an Army Unit Tasked With Tracking Down Osama Bin Laden Before 9/11.
    • Miller, Who Studied at the Naval War College, the Naval College of Command & the Army War College, Worked for a Defense Contractor After Retiring From the Army.
    • Miller Is an Iowa City, Iowa, Native & Says He Still Sees Himself as ‘a Kid From Iowa Who Wanted Nothing More Than to Serve His Country & Make His Parents Proud’
  4. Christopher C. Miller was sworn in as the seventh director of the National Counterterrorism Center on Aug. 10, 2020. Previously, he served as the Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counterterrorism and Transnational Threats at the National Security Council from 2018-2019.

  5. Nov 11, 2020 · President Trump’s new acting secretary of defense began a since-aborted diplomatic gambit last month to negotiate with a Somali terrorist group — drawing the ire of the secretary of state.

  6. Feb 9, 2023 · In fact, Christopher C. Miller was in Afghanistan long before he served as acting secretary of defense under President Donald Trump. He got that job on November 9, 2020, which meant he...