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Leghorn21

(13,525 posts)
Thu Oct 17, 2019, 08:26 PM Oct 2019

Deposition tomorrow: Laura Cooper, Deputy Assistant Secy of Defense for Russia, Ukraine, Eurasia

Laura Cooper is a career member of the Senior Executive Service. She has responsibility for policy concerning Russia, Ukraine, Eurasia (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, and Moldova), and Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia) as well as Conventional Arms Control.

Ms. Cooper previously served as a Principal Director in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Global Security Affairs, with responsibility for policies on: mission assurance, defense continuity of operations, critical infrastructure protection, homeland counterterrorism, global antiterrorism policy, and the Council of Governors.

Prior assignments in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy include: Director of the Strategy office, where she helped manage the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review; Acting Director for South Asia; and Afghanistan Team Chief, Stability Operations Office.

Prior to joining the Department of Defense in 2001, Ms. Cooper was a policy planning officer at the State Department in the Office of Coordinator for Counterterrorism. She has also served as a Junior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

https://www.defense.gov/Our-Story/Biographies/Article/1568391/laura-k-cooper/

Laura Cooper



...another seasoned vet shares her stories

Bring it on home, please, Ms. Cooper

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Deposition tomorrow: Laura Cooper, Deputy Assistant Secy of Defense for Russia, Ukraine, Eurasia (Original Post) Leghorn21 Oct 2019 OP
Yet another patriot stepping forward? guillaumeb Oct 2019 #1
Sure hope,so, g - I'm not finding anything about her other than this bio, so - hoping for the best! Leghorn21 Oct 2019 #2
What the right calls the deep state isa actually the Government itself. guillaumeb Oct 2019 #3
A productive week. Sneederbunk Oct 2019 #4
Well, maybe not, according to this idiot!: Leghorn21 Oct 2019 #5

Leghorn21

(13,525 posts)
2. Sure hope,so, g - I'm not finding anything about her other than this bio, so - hoping for the best!
Thu Oct 17, 2019, 08:43 PM
Oct 2019

I think someone with her long career and experiences will most likely be a great addition to our roster of s!

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
3. What the right calls the deep state isa actually the Government itself.
Thu Oct 17, 2019, 08:47 PM
Oct 2019

These professionals in every Department are the backbone of the Government. But Trump and his followers prefer that Government employees demonstrate personal loyalty to Trump himself. A very dangerous philosophy much loved by dictators everywhere.

Leghorn21

(13,525 posts)
5. Well, maybe not, according to this idiot!:
Thu Oct 17, 2019, 09:09 PM
Oct 2019


yeah, okay Sean and hey, buddy, where’s your lawyer these days?!
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