Katherine Thompson is a senior fellow in defense and foreign policy at the Cato Institute. She most recently held senior positions at the Department of War, performing the duties of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs and of the Deputy Senior Advisor to Under Secretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby. She also spent an extensive tenure on Capitol Hill as National Security Advisor to Senator Mike Lee, R-Utah.
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