Head of DDTC Leaves for DOD

Mike Miller recently left his position as head of the State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls to join the Defense Department as deputy director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, a State Department spokesperson said Dec. 12. Miller previously served as deputy assistant secretary for defense trade in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, where he oversaw a flurry of recent changes and updates to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (see 2211100023, 2209280038, 2204290032 and 2105200061).

Miller was replaced at DDTC by Catherine Hamilton, previously DDTC’s licensing director, who is now listed on the agency’s website as acting deputy assistant secretary. Hamilton will serve in the role "temporarily," the State Department spokesperson said. "The position will rotate among DDTC directorates office directors until a new permanent deputy assistant secretary is formally selected and announced."