{"id":1986714,"date":"2023-07-31T11:31:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T15:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/undersecretary-of-defense-gilbert-cisneros-to-step-down\/"},"modified":"2023-07-31T11:32:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T15:32:59","slug":"undersecretary-of-defense-gilbert-cisneros-to-step-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/undersecretary-of-defense-gilbert-cisneros-to-step-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Gilbert Cisneros, Undersecretary of Defense, to resign."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fundersecretary-of-defense-gilbert-cisneros-to-step-down%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1986714&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Gilbert Cisneros Jr. to Step\u200c Down as Top \u200dDepartment of Defense Official<\/h2>\n<p>Gilbert Cisneros Jr., a highly regarded\u2064 Department of Defense official, will be stepping \u2064down from his position in \u2062early\u2062 September. Cisneros\u2064 has been serving as\u2063 the undersecretary of defense for \u200dpersonnel and readiness since August 24, 2021. \u200cIn this role, he\u200b has been the top adviser to the secretary of defense\u200b on various critical matters, including force readiness, force management, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-pauses-plan-to-offer-vaccines-to-guantanamo-bay-detainees\/\" title=\"Pentagon Pauses Plan To Offer Vaccines To Guantanamo Bay Detainees\">health affairs<\/a>, National Guard and Reserve\u200d component affairs, education and training, and personnel \u2064requirements.<\/p>\n<h3>Announcement\u200c of Departure<\/h3>\n<p>Secretary of Defense Lloyd\u2064 Austin announced Cisneros&#8217;s\u2063 upcoming departure on Monday morning. In \u200ba statement, \u2062Secretary Austin praised Cisneros&#8217;s\u200c dedication and commitment to\u2064 the Department&#8217;s mission of \u2064taking\u2062 care of its people.\u2063 He\u200b highlighted Cisneros&#8217;s contributions\u200b in \u2064improving the\u200c quality of life\u200b for service members and their families, as well as his efforts\u2064 in addressing harmful behavior and implementing recommendations from independent \u200dreview commissions on sexual assault and\u200d suicide prevention.<\/p>\n<p>Under Cisneros&#8217;s\u200d leadership, the personnel and \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/undersecretary-of-defense-gilbert-cisneros-to-step-down\/\" title=\"Gilbert Cisneros, Undersecretary of Defense, to resign.\">readiness team implemented policies<\/a> to\u2064 ensure \u200baccess to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/planned-parenthood-sues-after-south-carolina-governor-signs-heartbeat-bill\/\" title=\"Planned Parenthood Sues After South Carolina Governor Signs \u2018Heartbeat\u2019 Bill\">reproductive health care<\/a> and contraceptives, prioritized\u2062 the safety and well-being of\u2063 the force during the\u200b COVID-19 pandemic, and \u200dadvanced initiatives to enhance \u2064strategic readiness across \u2062the Department.<\/p>\n<h3>Criticism and Congressional Debates<\/h3>\n<p>During\u2062 his\u200b tenure, Cisneros faced criticism from Republican members of Congress \u200cfor the department&#8217;s focus on \u2063diversity and inclusion. In congressional hearings, he engaged in spirited debates defending the\u2062 department&#8217;s policies and their underlying \u2063motivations.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to his role in the Department of Defense, Cisneros briefly served\u200c in the House of Representatives. He began \u2064his military career by enlisting\u200b in the Navy in 1989 after \u2062graduating from high school. In 1994, he was \u200ccommissioned as an officer\u2064 in the service branch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gilbert Cisneros Jr., a high-ranking Department of Defense official, will resign in early September. As the undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness since Aug. 24, 2021, he has been the primary advisor to the secretary of defense on various crucial matters, including force readiness, force management, health affairs, and the National Guard and Reserve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1986715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1986714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1986714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1986714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1986714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1986715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1986714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1986714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1986714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}