Marcel Lettre
{{Infobox officeholder
|image = Marcel J. Lettre II.jpg
|office = Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence
|president = Barack Obama
|term_start = December 16, 2015
|term_end = January 20, 2017
|predecessor = Michael G. Vickers
|successor = Joseph D. Kernan
|office1 = Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence
|president1 = Barack Obama
|term_start1 = October 2013
|term_end1 = May 2015
|predecessor1 =
|successor1 =
|birth_name = Marcel John Lettre, II
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|8|9}}
|birth_place = Gainesville, Georgia
|death_date =
|death_place =
|alma_mater = Sewanee: The University of the South
Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government
}}
Marcel Lettre (born August 9, 1972){{cite book |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-113shrg87878/pdf/CHRG-113shrg87878.pdf |title=Nominations Before the Senate Armed Services Committee, First Session, 113th Congress |chapter=Biographical and Financial Information Requested of Nominees |date=2014 |pages=1339–1341 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |location=Washington, D.C. |access-date=May 29, 2021}} is a former United States federal government official. He served as the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence from December 2015 to January 2017. He now works for Lockheed Martin.
Early life
Born in Gainesville, Georgia, Marcel Lettre attended Terry Sanford Senior High School in Fayetteville, North Carolina, graduating in 1990. He graduated from Sewanee: The University of the South with a B.A. degree in political science in 1994. Lettre earned a M.P.P. degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 2000.{{cite web|title=Marcel Lettre|url=https://www.defense.gov/About/Biographies/Article/602729/marcel-lettre/|website=United States Department of Defense|access-date=January 5, 2017}}{{source-attribution}}
Career
From the onset of the Obama Administration, Lettre served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs. In 2011, he served as a Special Assistant to Secretaries of Defense Chuck Hagel, Leon Panetta, and Bob Gates, serving as Deputy Chief of Staff to Secretary Panetta.{{Cite web|url=https://www.defense.gov/about/biographies/biography/article/602729/marcel-lettre/|title=Marcel Lettre|website=U.S. Department of Defense|accessdate=Apr 24, 2024}} Later, Lettre was confirmed by the Senate and held the position of Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence (PDUSDI) from October 2013 to May 2015.{{Cite web|url=https://www.defenseone.com/business/2013/12/pentagon-reorganizes-intel-office-adds-cyber-post/75590/|title=Pentagon Reorganizes Intel Office, Adds Cyber Post|date=Dec 17, 2013|website=Defense One|accessdate=Apr 24, 2024}}
Lettre was nominated as Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence by President Barack Obama on August 5, 2015.{{cite web|title=Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2015/08/05/presidential-nominations-sent-senate|access-date=January 5, 2017|via=National Archives|work=whitehouse.gov|date=August 5, 2015}}{{cite web|title=President Nominates Marcel Lettre to be the Next Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence|url=https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/210-press-releases-2015/1241-president-nominates-marcel-lettre-to-be-the-next-under-secretary-of-defense-for-intelligence|website=Office of the Director of National Intelligence|access-date=January 5, 2017|date=August 6, 2015}} He was confirmed by the United States Senate in December 2015, and he stepped down in January 2017.{{cite book |url=https://history.defense.gov/Portals/70/Documents/key_officials/KeyOfficials05-12-21.pdf |title=Department of Defense Key Officials September 1947–May 2021 |chapter=Under Secretary of Defense (Intelligence) |date=May 12, 2021 |page=43 |publisher=Historical Office, Office of the Secretary of Defense |access-date=May 29, 2021}}
Lettre now works for Lockheed Martin.{{cite web |last1=Beeler |first1=Emily |title=Marcel Lettre |url=https://aspensecurityforum.org/speaker/marcel-lettre-2/ |website=Aspen Security Forum |access-date=September 7, 2019}}
Personal life
External links
- {{C-SPAN|74211}}
References
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Category:People from Gainesville, Georgia
Category:Sewanee: The University of the South alumni
Category:Harvard Kennedy School alumni
Category:Obama administration personnel
Category:United States Under Secretaries of Defense
Category:Lockheed Martin people
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