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Brown Withdraws Nomination To Serve As Pentagon’s Top Acquisition Official

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, July 14th, 2021

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Brown Withdraws Nomination To Serve As Pentagon’s Top Acquisition Official

Michael A. Brown, Director of Defense Innovation Unit, poses for his official portrait in the Army portrait studio at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va, Nov. 01, 2018. (U.S. Army photo by William Pratt)

Michael Brown, director of the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), has withdrawn his nomination to serve as the next under secretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, a department spokesperson confirmed Wednesday. In a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Brown said his decision is related to an ongoing investigation by the DoD inspector general into his personnel practices at DIU that could delay consideration of his nomination by up to a year. “While I am confident the Office of…

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