Robert Work
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Robert Work | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Robert Orton Work 1953-01-17 Charlotte, North Carolina | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | University of Illinois, Naval Postgraduate School, Johns Hopkins University | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Member of | Center for a New American Security, Council on Foreign Relations/Members 3, National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence, Raytheon, WestExec Advisors | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Party | Democratic | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robert O. Work, as United States Deputy Secretary of Defense, ordered a 2015 report into Pentagon spending. Entitled “Transforming DoD’s Core Business Processes for Revolutionary Change” it revealed $125 billion in "wasteful" spending. It emerged in December 2016 after being initially suppressed.[1]
Events Participated in
Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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Halifax International Security Forum/2015 | Canada Halifax Nova Scotia | Spooky conference in Canada | ||
Munich Security Conference/2019 | 15 February 2019 | 17 February 2019 | Germany Munich Bavaria | The 55th Munich Security Conference, which included "A Spreading Plague" aimed at "identifying gaps and making recommendations to improve the global system for responding to deliberate, high consequence biological events." |
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