Marcel Lettre (born August 9, 1972) is a former

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official. He served as the

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from December 2015 to January 2017. He now works for

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Early life

Born in

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, Marcel Lettre attended Terry Sanford Senior High School in

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, graduating in 1990. He graduated from Sewanee: The University of the South with a B.A. degree in political science in 1994. Lettre earned a M.P.P. degree from the

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in 2000.

Career

From the onset of the

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, Lettre served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs. In 2011, he served as a Special Assistant to Secretaries of Defense

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, and Bob Gates, serving as Deputy Chief of Staff to Secretary Panetta. Later, Lettre was confirmed by the Senate and held the position of Principal Deputy

(PDUSDI) from October 2013 to May 2015. Lettre was nominated as Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence by President

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on August 5, 2015. He was confirmed by the

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in December 2015, and he stepped down in January 2017. Lettre now works for

Personal life

Lettre is married, and he has two daughters.

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References

1972 births Living people People from Gainesville, Georgia Sewanee: The University of the South alumni Harvard Kennedy School alumni Obama administration personnel United States Under Secretaries of Defense Lockheed Martin people {{US-gov-bio-stub