Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict

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Assistant Secretary of Defense United States Department of Defense position civilian office

The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict is a senior U.S. Department of Defense civilian official responsible for overseeing special operations forces and policies related to irregular warfare, counterterrorism, and related missions.

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Label	Occurrences
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict canonical	3

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Assistant Secretary of Defense ⓘ United States Department of Defense position ⓘ civilian office ⓘ
advises	United States Secretary of Defense ⓘ surface form: Secretary of Defense Under Secretary of Defense for Policy ⓘ
appointedBy	President of the United States ⓘ
coordinatesWith	Unified Combatant Commands ⓘ surface form: Geographic Combatant Commands Joint Staff ⓘ U.S. Special Operations Command ⓘ surface form: United States Special Operations Command interagency counterterrorism partners ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
createdBy	United States Congress ⓘ
ensures	readiness of special operations forces from a policy perspective ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	ASD(SO/LIC) ⓘ
isCivilian	true ⓘ
jurisdiction	Department of Defense ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Defense
legalBasis	10 U.S.C. § 138 ⓘ 10 U.S.C. § 167 ⓘ Title 10 of the United States Code ⓘ
location	Arlington, Virginia ⓘ
memberOf	Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy ⓘ
oversees	United States Special Operations Command policy guidance ⓘ special operations capabilities development policy ⓘ special operations resources and requirements policy ⓘ
partOf	Office of the Secretary of Defense ⓘ Department of Defense ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Defense
policyArea	counterproliferation of weapons of mass destruction ⓘ counterterrorism ⓘ foreign internal defense ⓘ irregular warfare ⓘ low-intensity conflict ⓘ special operations ⓘ stability operations ⓘ unconventional warfare ⓘ
rank	Assistant Secretary of Defense level ⓘ
reportsTo	Under Secretary of Defense for Policy ⓘ
requiresConfirmationBy	United States Senate ⓘ
responsibleFor	United States special operations forces policy ⓘ civil affairs policy ⓘ counterinsurgency policy ⓘ counterterrorism policy ⓘ hostage recovery policy coordination ⓘ information operations policy ⓘ irregular warfare policy ⓘ psychological operations policy ⓘ security force assistance policy ⓘ
seat	Pentagon ⓘ surface form: The Pentagon

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nunn–Cohen Amendment → resultedInCreationOf → Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict ⓘ

Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy → oversees → Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict ⓘ

Office of the Assistant Secretaries of Defense → hasPosition → Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict ⓘ