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Shortly after I arrived in the Pentagon in April 1990 to begin my assignment as assistant deputy undersecretary for Soviet and East European affairs, it fell to me to introduce my boss, then-Secretary of Defense Richard B. Cheney, to an audience of business leaders visiting the Pentagon. I ran through his résumé: youngest White House chief of staff at 34, elected to the House of Representatives from Wyoming at 37, Republican whip in the House, ranking GOP member on the House Select Committee investigating the Iran-Contra scandal, and then the 17th secretary of defense.
Eric S. Edelman was undersecretary of defense for policy (2005-2009) and has served as the co-chair for the congressionally mandated Commissions to review the National Defense Strategy in 2018 and 2024.
