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Michèle Flournoy
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Under Secretary of Defense for Policy | |
In office February 9, 2009 – February 8, 2012 |
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President | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Eric Edelman |
Succeeded by | James Miller |
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Michèle Angelique Flournoy
December 14, 1960 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Scott Gould |
Children | 3 |
Education | Harvard University (BA) Balliol College, Oxford (MLitt) |
Michèle Angélique Flournoy (born December 14, 1960) is an American politician and businesswoman. He was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy under President Bill Clinton and Under Secretary of Defense for Policy under President Barack Obama.
He was a principal advisor to U.S. Secretaries of Defense Robert Gates and Leon Panetta from February 2009 to February 2012.
During her tenure in the Clinton administration, Flournoy was the author of the May 1997 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR).
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Flournoy with Secretary of Defense and former CIA Director Leon Panetta in January 2012

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