Frank Kendall III
| Frank Kendall III | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
January 26, 1949 Pittsfield, Massachusetts |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater |
United States Military Academy (B.S.) California Institute of Technology (M.S.) Long Island University (M.B.A.) Georgetown University Law Center (J.D.) |
| Occupation | Army engineer, Lawyer |
| Employer | Renaissance Strategic Advisors |
| Known for | Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics |
Frank Kendall III (born January 26, 1949) is an American lawyer serving under President Barack Obama and Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter as the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics.[1][2][3][4]
Kendall is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point.[4] Commissioned in the US Army, he served in Germany during the 1970s before transferring to the Army Reserve, during which time he also lectured at the West Point. He resigned commission as a Lieutenant Colonel. He also holds a Master's degree in aeronautical engineering from California Institute of Technology, a Master of Business Administration degree (MBA) from C.W Post Center of Long Island University and a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center.[4] At the USMA, Kendall was a classmate of Jack Reed, who is currently serving as senior United States Senator from Rhode Island.
In his civilian life Kendall has performed pro bono human rights work.[4][5] According to his official DoD biography he served on the board of directors of Amnesty International, of Human Rights First and of the Tahirih Justice Center. He has traveled to the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, as a human rights observer.
References
- ↑ http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-112shrg80073/pdf/CHRG-112shrg80073.pdf
- ↑ "Senator Lifts Holds on Most Nominees". New York Times. 9 February 2010. Retrieved 24 September 2011. mirror
- ↑ "President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts". The Whitehouse. 2009-07-30. Retrieved 2009-08-03. mirror
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Frank Kendall: Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics". United States Department of Defense. Retrieved 2013-04-26.
Mr. Kendall is an attorney and has been active in the field of human rights, working primarily on a pro bono basis. He has worked with Amnesty International USA, where he served as a member of the Board of Directors, with Human Rights First, for whom he was an observer at Guantanamo, and with the Tahirih Justice Center, where he was Chair of the Board of Directors.
mirror - ↑ Frank Kendall (2008-04-16). "Report from Guantanamo: military commissions a failure in progress". The Jurist. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
Last week I traveled to Guantánamo Navy Base as a monitor for Human Rights First. I observed pretrial hearings in the cases of Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi, Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Haza al Darbi, and Omar Ahmed Khadr. The ostensible goal of the military commissions is to provide fair trials for a subset of the Guantánamo prisoners being held as "unlawful enemy combatants." I must report that the commissions are not on the path to success. Success is probably not even possible under the Military Commissions Act (MCA) or the rules that implement it, but the hearings I attended convinced me that the implementation itself is also deeply flawed.
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